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Vowel aa

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

Description

This vowel is marked with madu a small diacritic in the shape of a tilde ~ that appears above the alifu (the carrier letter) in the detached and initial forms of "aa". In medial or final position "aa" is marked with alifu alone.

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

aunty

[SOUND]
aanTii
A word-medial aa: notebook [SOUND]
kaapii
A word-final aa: medicine [SOUND]
davaa
The nasalized vowel aan: [SOUND]
A word-medial aan: your (pl.) [SOUND]
tavahaanjo

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as long [aa], as the vowel in American English "hot". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "mom".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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