Language/Swahili-individual-language/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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Latin Alphabet and Pronunciation - Swahili

English pronunciation

Swahili Alphabet	English Sound	Pronunciation Example
A a	a	as in car
E e	e	as in bed
I i	ee	ee as in wheel
O o	o	as in off
U u	oo	oo as in cool
B b	b	as in bat
C c		only found H as CH
D d	d	as in duck
F f	f	as in far
G g	g	as in give
H h	h	as in hit
J j	j	as in jump
K k	k	as in kite
L l	l	as in lick
M m	m	as in man
N n	n	as in not
P p	p	as in pea
R r	r	as in rake
S s	s	as in stop
T t	t	as in time
V v	v	as in victory
W w	w	as in will
Y y	y	as in you
Z z	z	as in zoo
CH ch	ch	ch' as in China
DH dh	th	th'as in that

IPA pronunciation

Latin

Letter	A a	B b	Ch ch	D d	E e	F f	G g	H h	I i	J j	K k	L l	M m	N n	O o	P p	R r	S s	T t	U u	V v	W w	Y y	Z z
Name	a	be	che	de	e	ef	ge	he	i	je	ka	el	em	en	o	pe	re	se	te	u	ve	we	ye	ze
IPA	ɑ	ɓ	t͡ʃ/t͡ʃʰ	ɗ	ɛ	f	ɠ	h	i	ʄ~d͡ʒ	k/kʰ	l	m	n	ɔ	p/pʰ	r	s	t/tʰ	u	v	w	j	z

Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation - Swahili

Arabic

Letter	Name	Transliteration
ب	bee	b
پ	pee	p
ت	tee	t
ث	thee	th
ج	jimu	j
چ‎	chimu	ch
ح	hhee	h
خ	khee	h/kh
د	dali	d
ذ	dhali	dh
ر	ree	r
ز	zee	z
س	sini	s
ش	shini	sh
ص	sadi	s
ض	dhadi	dh
ط	tee	t
ظ	zee	z
ع	ayni	'
غ	ghayni	gh
ڠ‎	gayni	g
نڠ‎	ng'ayni	ng'
ف	fee	f
ڤ‎	vee	v
ق	qafu	q
ك	kafu	k
ل	lamu	l
م	mimu	m
ن	nuni	n
ه	hee	h
و	wau	w
ي	yee	y