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Following the completion of this lesson, consider taking a look at these associated topics: [[Language/Afar/Vocabulary/Days-of-the-Week|Days of the Week]], [[Language/Afar/Grammar/How-to-Use-Have|How to Use "Have"]].
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==Letters==
==Letters==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!'''Letter'''
!'''Name'''
!'''IPA'''
|-
|A a
|A a
|a
|[ʌ]
|-
|B b
|B b
|ba
|[b]
|-
|T t
|T t
|ta
|[t]
|-
|S s
|S s
|sa
|[s]
|-
|E e
|E e
|e
|[e]
|-
|C c
|C c
|ca
|[ħ]
|-
|K k
|K k
|ka
|[k]
|-
|X x
|X x
|xa
|[ɖ]
|-
|I i
|I i
|i
|[i]
|-
|D d
|D d
|da
|[d]
|-
|Q q
|Q q
|qa
|[ʕ]
|-
|R r
|R r
|ra
|[r]
|-
|F f
|F f
|fa
|[f]
|-
|G g
|G g
|ga
|[g]
|-
|O o
|O o
|o
|[o]
|-
|L l
|L l
|la
|[l]
|-
|M m
|M m
|ma
|[m]
|-
|N n
|N n
|na
|[n]
|-
|U u
|U u
|u
|[u]
|-
|W w
|W w
|wa
|[w]
|-
|H h
|H h
|ha
|[h]
|-
|Y y
|Y y
|-
!Name
|a
|ba
|ta
|sa
|e
|ca
|ka
|xa
|i
|da
|qa
|ra
|fa
|ga
|o
|la
|ma
|na
|u
|wa
|ha
|ya
|ya
|-
!IPA
|[ʌ]
|[b]
|[t]
|[s]
|[e]
|[ħ]
|[k]
|[ɖ]
|[i]
|[d]
|[ʕ]
|[r]
|[f]
|[g]
|[o]
|[l]
|[m]
|[n]
|[u]
|[w]
|[h]
|[j]
|[j]
|}
|}
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|}
Voiceless stop consonants which close syllables are released, e.g., [ʌkʰˈme].
Voiceless stop consonants which close syllables are released, e.g., [ʌkʰˈme].
 
==Vowels==
==Long Vowels==
===Long Vowels===
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[[Category:Alphabet-and-Pronunciation]]
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 26 March 2023

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Following the completion of this lesson, consider taking a look at these associated topics: Days of the Week, How to Use "Have".

Letters[edit | edit source]

Letter Name IPA
A a a [ʌ]
B b ba [b]
T t ta [t]
S s sa [s]
E e e [e]
C c ca [ħ]
K k ka [k]
X x xa [ɖ]
I i i [i]
D d da [d]
Q q qa [ʕ]
R r ra [r]
F f fa [f]
G g ga [g]
O o o [o]
L l la [l]
M m ma [m]
N n na [n]
U u u [u]
W w wa [w]
H h ha [h]
Y y ya [j]

Consonants[edit | edit source]

The consonants of the Afar language in the standard orthography are listed below (with IPA notation in brackets):

  Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Pharyngeal Glottal
Stops voiceless     t  [t]       k  [k]    
voiced   b  [b]   d  [d]       g  [ɡ]    
Fricatives voiceless   f  [f]   s  [s]         c  [ħ]   h  [h]
voiced             q  [ʕ]  
Nasals   m  [m]   n  [n]          
Approximants   w  [w]   l  [l]     y  [j]      
Tap     r  [ɾ]   x  [ɖ]      

Voiceless stop consonants which close syllables are released, e.g., [ʌkʰˈme].

Vowels[edit | edit source]

Long Vowels[edit | edit source]

Long vowel aa ee ii oo uu
IPA [aː] [eː] [iː] [oː] [uː]

stress[edit | edit source]

short[edit | edit source]

  • a [ʌ]
  • e [e]
  • i [i]
  • o [o]
  • u [u]

long[edit | edit source]

  • aa [aː]
  • ee [eː]
  • ii [iː]
  • oo [oː]
  • uu [uː]

Sentence final vowels of affirmative verbs are aspirated (and stressed), e.g. abeh = /aˈbeʰ/ 'He did.' Sentence final vowels of negative verbs are not aspirated (nor stressed), e.g. maabinna = /ˈmaabinna/ 'He did not do.' Sentence final vowels of interrogative verbs are lengthened (and stressed), e.g. abee? = /aˈbeː/ 'Did he do?' Otherwise, stress in word-final.

Sources[edit | edit source]

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