Monday, March 21, 2011

IS IT GHADDFY OR KHADDFY...?

THE "G" AND "K" GUTTURALS ARE REALLY DIFFERENT IN MANY ALPHABETS...AND DON'T TRANSLATE WELL INTO ENGLISH...

IN RUSSIAN THE K-SOUND, AND THE G-SOUND ARE OFTEN USED FOR THE "H" IN ENGLISH...

GERMAN HAS SOME REMNANT GUTTURALS...ENGLISH HAS ALMOST NO GUTTURALS...HAVING "SOLVED" THE "K"..."G"..."H"...ISSUE THAT STILL PLAGUES SOME LANGUAGES...

ARABIC HAS MANY GUTTURAL SOUNDS THAT ARE NOT SEEN IN WESTERN LANGUAGES...AND ARE VERY CHALLENGING TO THE ENGLISH SPEAKER...

THESE SOUNDS ARE OFTEN PRODUCED WITH A SOUND THAT IS LIKE CLEARING THE BACK OF THE THROAT...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT SOUND CHANGE AT THE START...TO MAKE A "K"..."G" OR "H" SOUND.

SO GHHH...KHHH...AND HAAA... DON'T TRANSLATE WELL IN THE ROMAN ALPHABET...

SO GHADDFY OR KHADDFY ARE PROBABLY ACCEPTABLE SPELLINGS...