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Somali Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...
Hello Polyglots ๐
In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Somali alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.
You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.
Somali Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation
Alphabet
Latin | Osmanya | Arabic | IPA |
---|---|---|---|
' | ุก | [ส] | |
B b | ๐ | ุจ | [b] |
T t | ๐ | ุช | [t] |
J j | ๐ | ุฌ | [dอกส] |
X x | ๐ | ุญ | [ฤง] |
KH kh | ๐ | ุฎ | [ฯ] |
D d | ๐ | ุฏ | [d] |
R r | ๐ | ุฑ | [r] |
S s | ๐ | ุณ | [s] |
SH sh | ๐ | ุด | [ส] |
DH dh | ๐ | ุท | [ษ] |
C c | ๐ | ุน | [ส] |
G g | ๐ | ุบ | [g] |
F f | ๐ | ู | [f] |
Q q | ๐ | ู | [q] |
K k | ๐ | ู | [k] |
L l | ๐ | ู | [l] |
M m | ๐ | ู | [m] |
N n | ๐ | ู | [n] |
W w | ๐ | ู | [w, สห, uห] |
H h | ๐ | ู | [h] |
Y y | ๐ | ู | [j, iห, ษชห] |
A a | ๐ | ุง | [รฆ, ษ] |
E e | ๐ | ุฆ | [e, ษ] |
I i | ๐ | ู | [i, ษช] |
O o | ๐ | ุค | [ษ, ษ] |
U u | ๐ | ู | [ส, u] |
aa | ๐ | ุข | [รฆห, ษห] |
ee | ๐ | ุฃู | [eห, ษห] |
oo | ๐ | ุฃู | [ษห, ษห] |
ii | ูู | ||
uu | ูู |
Alphabet with Appromimant in different languages
LETTERS IN
SOMALI |
PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
FRENCH SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
SPANISH SPEAKERS |
---|---|---|---|---|
โ | aA | aA | ||
B | b | b | ||
T | t | t | ||
J | ch | tch | ||
X | h | r | ||
KH | h (strong) | r (forte) | ||
D | d | d | ||
R | r | r | ||
S | s | s | ||
SH | sh | ch | ||
DH | dh | d+r | ||
C | glottal stop | parada na voz | ||
G | g | g | ||
K | k | k | ||
L | l | l | ||
M | m | m | ||
N | n | n | ||
W | ou | u | ||
H | h | r | ||
Y | ih | i | ||
A | ah | a | ||
E | eh | e | ||
I | ih | i | ||
O | oh | o | ||
U | ou | u |
Video - Somali Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker
Somali Osmanya Online Virtual Keyboard
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