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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== | ||
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!'''Name''' | |||
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_language | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afar_language | ||
[[Category:Alphabet-and-Pronunciation]] | [[Category:Alphabet-and-Pronunciation]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 26 March 2023
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 | ||
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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]