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SyriacFrancois01
markfrancois.files.wordpress.com Syriac Ch 1: Alphabet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Notes | I use Greek letters for soft BGDKPT consonants (βγδχφτ). Unicode does not define under/overscores with Latin consonants. The sounds of many of these letters are close (in modern Greek), but listen to the teacher for proper pronunciation. |
| ܐ | ʾĀleφ ['’' (note the transliteration is a right-hand single quote) light glottal stop like the 'tt' in Cockney 'battle'] |
| ܒ | Bēθ [Hard: 'b'; soft (before vowel): (β) 'v'] |
| ܓ | Gāmal [Hard: 'g'; soft (before vowel): (γ) tongue at the back of your throat, not quite touching your pallet--listen to the video: #4.10] #4.10] |
| ܕ | Dālaθ [Hard: 'd'; soft (before vowel): (δ) 'th' as in 'thus' ] |
| ܗ | Hē ['h'] |
| ܘ | Waw [as consonant: 'w'; as vowel: either 'ū' (flute) or 'ō' (hope)] |
| ܙ | Zayn ['z'] |
| ܚ | Ḥēθ [(ḥ) like 'ch' in Scottish 'loch.' Not a sound you hear in English much.Listen to the video: #6.8] |
| ܛ | Ṭēθ ['ṭ' a 't' of some variety, sometimes indistinguishable from (hard) Taw. Francois argues for a slight pause with the 't'--listen to the video: #6.20] |
| ܝ | Yōδ ['y'; as in English can be either a vowel or a consonant] ܣܝ with some preceding characters, depending on font |
| ܟ | Kāφ [Hard: 'k'; soft (before vowel): (χ) 'ch' in Scottish 'loch.'] ܟܝwith following character |
| ܠ | Lāmaδ ['l'] |
| ܡ | Mīm ['m'] |
| ܢ | Nūn ['n'] ܢܝ with following character; ܝܢ with some preceding characters |
| ܣ | Semkaθ ['s'] |
| ܥ | ʿĒ ['‘' (note the transliteration is a left-hand single quote) Most folks pronounce this just like āleφ, but the proper pronunciation is as in Arabic: |
| ܦ | Pē [Hard: 'p'; soft (before vowel): (φ) 'f'] |
| ܨ | Ṣāδē ['ṣ' properly this is probably a dental s, as Francois points out, but native speakers do sometimes pronounce it as 'ts' like modern Hebrew צ] |
| ܩ | Qōφ ['q' (no following 'u' required)] |
| ܪ | Rēš [rolled 'r'] |
| ܫ | Šīn ['š' = sh] |
| ܬ | Taw [Hard: 't'; soft (before vowel): (θ) 'th' as in 'thing'] |
| ܙܫ ܢܫ ܫܙ ܫܢ ܬܙ ܬܢ | zayn šin; nūn šin; šin zayn; šin nūn; taw zayn; taw nūn |
| ܠܢܚܝ ܝܚܢ | lāmaδ nūn ḥeθ yoδ; yod ḥet nūn |
| ܟܫܟ | kāφ šin kāφ |
| ܢ ܢܫܢܫܢ ܐܢ | nūn; nūn šin nūn šin; āleφ nūn |
| ܟܥܒ | kāφ ʿē beθ |
| ܕܪ | dālaθ rēš |
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