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Vowel e

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

Description

This vowel is marked with the sequence alifu + ye , with no diacritics, in detached and initial forms. In medial and final forms, "e" is marked with ye alone.

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

so much

[SOUND]
etiro
A word-medial e: bottom, lower part [SOUND]
heThu
A word-final e: softly, slowly [SOUND]
dhiire
The nasalized vowel en: [SOUND]
A word-final en: in such a way (relative pronoun) [SOUND]
jiien [Note: here is a hamzo between the ii and the e]

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as long [e], as the vowel in American English "braid" or "tape". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "brain" or "tame".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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