Arabic-L:LING:Arabic vowels query

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Date: 21 Nov 2000
From: mohd at mail.ukans.edu
Subject: Arabic vowels query

Salam All,
I need a fast and as precise as possible an answer on how many vowels Arabic
language has,excluding the diphthongs(ai,au,etc.) I know the basic three [ae]
as in the English cat [kaet]and the long [u:] as in the English hood [hu:d]
and the long [i:] as in the English heed  [hi:d]. If there's any specific
reference,pls let me know. If you can provide with a list of words including
these vowels,that will be great, something like the English list: bead, bid,
bed, bad, bod(y),
bawd, budd(hist), booed, bud and bird.
Thanks a lot,
Mohammad Al-Masri.
Univ. of Kansas

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