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SCHEME OF TRANSLITERATION

SYRIAC ARABIC

b a with qushshaya
or rukkakha
d 3 with qushshaya
or rukkakha
d
dh
g ^with qushshaya
or rukkakha
gh
h CO
h M
k & with qushshaya
kh & with rukkakha
1 \
m
n i
P a with qushshaya
ph a with rukkakha
q a
r i
s AO
s JT
s, sh X.
t 4» with qushshaya
t \h rukkakha
th
w 0
y »
z t
t
i.
' pf; frequently omitted at the beginning
and the end of a word
A short vowel is usually followed by the redupli-
cation of the next consonant.
Shewa mobile in Syriac or Hebrew is normally
shown by e; compound shewa is treated as a full
vowel. Long vowels are marked wherever desir-
able.
Foreign proper names and nouns in common
use are spelt in the conventional manner.

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