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Vowel a

CONTENTS: [ Description | Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Description

This vowel is marked with the diacritic zabara: the slanted line that appears above the alifu (the carrier letter) in the detached and initial forms of this letter. In medial or final position zabara is marked above the preceding consonant.

Writing Animation:
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The detached letter a: [SOUND]
A word-initial a:

today

 [SOUND]
ajju
A word-medial diacritic: nose [SOUND]
naku
A word-final diacritic: feet [SOUND]
pera
The nasalized vowel an: [SOUND]
A word-medial an: fan [SOUND]
pankho

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as short [a], as the vowel in American English "cup". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "fun".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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