Aramaic Transliteration

Consonants:

(silent)
B as in “boy”
V as in “vet”
G as in “go”
GH – a voiced velar fricative.
D as in “dog”
TH as in “the” (never TH as in “three”)
H as in “hot”
W as in “wish”
Z as in “zoo”
CH as in “Bach” (German) or “loch” (Scots).
a hard T
Y as in “you”
K as in “king”
as but softer.
L as in “living”
M as in “mom”
N as in “no”
S as in “see”
a hard “UH” in the back of the throat (voiced pharyngeal fricative)
P as in “pit”
F as in “free”
a hard “S” (voiceless alveolar sibilant)
a hard “K” (voiceless uvular stop)
R trilled or flapped once (alveolar flap)
SH as in “shoe”
T as in “team”
TH as in “three” (never TH as in “the”)

Vowels & Diphthongs:

as in “above” (an “uh”)
an open central unrounded vowel.
an open back unrounded vowel.
as in “three
as in “hey
as in “over”
as in “rude”
as in “thai
as in “loud”

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