Talk:raï

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raï

English? --Connel MacKenzie 00:06, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Obviously not originally, but it is regularly used in English and there is certainly no "native" synonym. Widsith 14:03, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Cited. † ^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr 15:03, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for working on this one. I think a little more care is needed, though, in dealing with secondhand quotes. Although anything is possible in this world, I would venture that an Algerian Islamist publication titled El Moudjahid is unlikely to be published in English. -- Visviva 00:06, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

You’re probably right. However, translations still show choices of spelling being made, and as such ought to be included; albethey with parenthetic notes indicating that they are translations of original sources. What do you say? † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr﴿ 09:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

In this case, I don't think that provides us with any additional information; absent any indication to the contrary, we have to assume the translation was carried out by Olwig and/or Hastrup. Since their choice of words and spelling is already attested directly, citing their translation adds no new information. -- Visviva 10:10, 9 October 2007 (UTC)