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Somali Language Alphabet and Pronunciation

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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
'		ء	[ʔ]
B b	𐒁	ب	[b]
T t	𐒂	ت	[t]
J j	𐒃	ج	[d͡ʒ]
X x	𐒄	ح	[ħ]
KH kh	𐒅	خ	[χ]
D d	𐒆	د	[d]
R r	𐒇	ر	[r]
S s	𐒈	س	[s]
SH sh	𐒉	ش	[ʃ]
DH dh	𐒊	ط	[ɖ]
C c	𐒋	ع	[ʕ]
G g	𐒌	غ	[g]
F f	𐒍	ف	[f]
Q q	𐒎	ق	[q]
K k	𐒏	ك	[k]
L l	𐒐	ل	[l]
M m	𐒑	م	[m]
N n	𐒒	ن	[n]
W w	𐒓	و	[w, ʉː, uː]
H h	𐒔	ه	[h]
Y y	𐒕	ي	[j, iː, ɪː]
A a	𐒖	ا	[æ, ɑ]
E e	𐒗	ئ	[e, ɛ]
I i	𐒘	ى	[i, ɪ]
O o	𐒙	ؤ	[ɞ, ɔ]
U u	𐒚	و	[ʉ, u]
aa	𐒛	آ	[æː, ɑː]
ee	𐒜	أى	[eː, ɛː]
oo	𐒝	أو	[ɞː, ɔː]
ii		ىٓ
uu		وٓ

Somali Osmanya Online Virtual Keyboard