• gandalf_der_12te
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    9 days ago

    إمّاية

    amayyah

    خزّانات

    khthanat

    did i transcribe that correctly? I’m currently learning arabic

    • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 days ago

      I’m writing Lebanese Arabic so the vowels are all a bit off, mind you. Here is the standard Arabic and the Lebanese dialect equivalents, alongside what I would consider a relatively unambiguous non-IPA transcription.

      إمّايَة = /ʔmːaːja/ (MSA) = Immaya(h) (MSA) ≈ /ʔmːeːje/ (LA) = Imméyé (LA)

      خِزّانات = /xizːaːnaːt/ (MSA) = Khizzanat (MSA) ≈ /xizːeːneːt/ = Khizzénét

      The ء below the ا is basically an ـِ for it, and the ز is easily confused for a ذ. Thanks for playing!