Re: Alif Baa- pronouncing Alif

Le Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:37:23 -0800, "Jeff Ozvold" <jjo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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écrivit :

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>"Yusuf B Gursey" <ybg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:222ae656.0412011153.432d2b59@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> my recommendation is in the absence of *trained* (well educated in
>> classical arabic) native speakers is Qur'anic recitations (by Arabs)
>> or formal radio and
>> broadcasts (in standard arabic), bearing in mind that for purposes of
>> broadcasting colloquial influences are sometimes tolerated in foreign
>> words, increasing the phonemic range.
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>And if you're looking for a broadcast, one option is the BBC website
>(bbcarabic.com) which has streaming Arabic-language broadcasts. 
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An other one is Radio-Canada International
(http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/ar/),
with its downloadable selection of the
day (in the right upper corner 'Download'). Over ten minutes of news,
interviews, etc. which you can rehear as often as you want. I use it
with my Arabic teacher for didactic purposes.

Raymond