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hasenj on Aug 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Arabic is Terrific

That's because the 'u' is really not the 'u' but the glottal stop ;) (hamza)

patrickas on Aug 21, 2011 [–]

u at the beginning is usually for a glottal stop with a dammah above it ( أُ ) while in this case it should be a fatha ( أَ )

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