Variations in Arabic Consonant  Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates   in the Eastern region of K.S.A.

Mona Mohamed Aly Beshr

Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.

November 2015

Vol-1, Issue-5

Paper ID: 1448

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Abstract & Details

Research Area

Phonetics

Keywords

Phonetics Philippines speech analysis program(SAP) Ancient Arab Linguists(AAL) Pidgin Arabic(PA) al lahgah Tagalog Pilipino expatriates(PE) Fathah Dammah Kasrah comparative linguistics Arabic language(AL)

Abstract

This study investigates according to Firth theory(context of situation) the utterance of special sounds in Arabic language for some Filipinos in Saudi Arabia .Two groups were tested: thirty females and thirty males were examined in pronouncing special consonants. The consonants were as follows: /g/ ,/z/, /s /and /S/ with different short Arabic vowels: fatħah /a/ , kasrah /i/ and dammah /u/.They were well trained for three weeks, we wrote the Arabic words in English letters to facilitate their utterance. We used tape records. They recorded it three times and we chose the best one. All the syllables were (cv). We compared their utterance and analyzed the results in two ways: a-listening, and b- using speech analysis program (Praat ), this is a comparative study that deals with everyday usage of the language. and by comparing the results with the description of both: the ancient Arab linguists and the modern Arab linguists. Further research is recommended to enrich the linguistic field, especially the comparative linguistic.

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#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Mona Mohamed Aly Beshr	College of Arts-Dammam University

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Beshr, Mona Mohamed Aly (2015). Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 1(5), 369-375.

MLA Style

Beshr, Mona Mohamed Aly. "Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 1, no. 5, 2015, pp. 369-375.

IEEE Style

Mona Mohamed Aly Beshr, "Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 369-375, 2015.

Vancouver Style

Beshr Mona Mohamed Aly. Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2015;1(5):369-375.

Harvard Style

Beshr, Mona Mohamed Aly (2015) 'Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 1(5), pp. 369-375.

Chicago Style

Beshr, Mona Mohamed Aly. "Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 1, no. 5 (2015): 369-375.

Turabian Style

Beshr, Mona Mohamed Aly. "Variations in Arabic Consonant Pronunciation among Filipino Expatriates in the Eastern region of K.S.A.." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 1, no. 5 (2015): 369-375.