Practice the sounds: Arabic has some sounds that can be difficult for English speakers to produce, such as the glottal stop or the pharyngeal consonants. It’s essential to practice these sounds regularly until you can pronounce them correctly. Pay attention to vowels: Vowels play a crucial role...
“There are no long vowels in the Arabic word for Qatar,” Abdulhamid says. “Instead of letters, our short vowels are represented by accents.” In an Arabic pronunciation of Qatar, the a’s are formed farther back in the throat, kind of how an American would pronounce “alone.” Where...