User:Thadh/Appendix:List of Afar letters
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This is an appendix that depicts the letters used in the Afar language, in alphabetical order.
List
[edit]Upper case letter | Lower case letter | Pronunciation (IPA) |
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A | a | Short: /ʌ/ Long: /a/ |
Q | q | /ʕ/ |
B | b | /b/ |
D | d | /d/ |
X | x | /ɖ/ |
E | e | /e/ |
F | f | /f/ |
G | g | /ɡ/ |
H | h | /h/ |
C | c | /ħ/ |
I | i | /i/ |
J | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
K | k | /k/ |
L | l | /l/ |
M | m | /m/ |
N | n | /n/ |
O | o | /o/ |
P | p | /p/ |
R | r | Short: /ɾ/ Long: /r/ |
S | s | /s/ Southern Afar; preceded by /j/ or succeded by /i(ː)/: /ʃ/ |
T | t | /t/ |
U | u | /u/ |
W | w | /w/ |
Y | y | /y/ |
Digraphs
[edit]In Afar, long vowels and long consonants are written by doubling the letter:
- ⟨a⟩ /ʌ/; ⟨aa⟩ /aː/
- ⟨g⟩ /ɡ/; ⟨gg⟩ /ɡː/
Furthermore, there is one borrowed digraph:
Upper case letter | Lower case letter | Pronunciation (IPA) |
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Sh | sh | /ʃ/ |