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              COMMON PHRASES IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE

     Classical Arabic, the language of the Koran,  is the accepted
standard for the written language.   However, spoken Arabic
differs from country to country.   The Arabic expressions below
are spelled phonetically.   tong vowels are distinguished from
short vowels by doubling the letter.   All are pronounced
distinctly as follows:

          a as the u in but              aa as in had

          e as in bet                    ee as the al in bait

          i as in bit                    ii as the ea in beat

          o as in bore (but shorter)     Co as in boat

          u as in put                    uu as the Co in boot

     Most Arabic consonants are similar to their English
equivalents, but the following are quite different:

          q is a k sound made far back in the throat.

          kh is a sound from the back of the throat resembling ch
          in achtung.

          gh is a guttural sound, something like gargling.


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