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

Upper case letter Lower case letter Pronunciation (IPA)
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

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)
Sh sh /ʃ/