Sounds that have no Indian-language equivalent
Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil speakers all carry different habits into Arabic. The recurring difficulty is the pharyngeal group — ayn and haa — plus the emphatic letters saad, daad, taa and dhaa.
- • ayn: constrict the throat, do not substitute a glottal stop
- • haa: a breathy, warm H from deep in the throat, not the light h of 'hat'
- • qaaf: far back on the soft palate, distinct from kaaf
- • daad: the emphatic that makes the whole syllable heavy and dark
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