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Isn't that sound one of the original sound in ancient Hijazi Arabic, and therefore most learned Muslims can at least distinguish it? I know I can...
by inawarminister 7y ago
Isn't that sound one of the original sound in ancient Hijazi Arabic, and therefore most learned Muslims can at least distinguish it? I know I can...
- apta 7y agoThis is the correct pronunciation: https://youtu.be/U0qr9XxJges?t=99 https://youtu.be/U0qr9XxJges?t=99 Let me know if you have heard it before :)
- ComputerGuru 7y agoYes, Arabic is sometimes called “لغة الضاد” or “the language of ض" as it is considered a very important characteristic of Arabic, and almost (I once looked it up) entirely exclusive to it (there are some tribal languages that include the emphatic pharyngealized voiced alveolar stop).
- apta 7y agoExcept that the original (classical) pronounciation is not a (pharyngealized voiced alveolar stop), but a (pharyngealized voiced lateral fricative), which sounds very close to (ظ), and explains why many Arabs merged the two sounds together. The alveolar stop is a new letter, and seems to have come out of Egypt because they had a hard time pronouncing the original latter. See this video about how to correctly pronounce it: https://youtu.be/U0qr9XxJges?t=99 https://youtu.be/U0qr9XxJges?t=99
- ComputerGuru 7y agoSorry, I did mean the fricative. The stop is indeed not as uncommon.