Timeline for Arabic /R/ - correct pronunciation in Modern Standard Arabic
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| Jul 29, 2018 at 17:52 | comment | added | rapt | I have never thought of that sound (the 2nd video) before, but when I do now it sounds very familiar from listening to Arabic religious texts read by experts (as in a mosque). It is somewhat close to American [ɹ], which is strange when I think about it (although it is not exactly that), but it also sounds more like Quran readings I remember listening to; while the 1st video sounds more like how people talk. Maybe someone could comment on this. | |
| Jul 28, 2018 at 19:03 | comment | added | Draconis♦ | @rapt Definitely some kind of approximant, it sounds like somewhere between [ɹ] and [ɰ]. | |
| Jul 28, 2018 at 17:50 | comment | added | rapt | How would you describe the sound in the 2nd video? | |
| Jul 28, 2018 at 6:20 | history | answered | Draconis♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |