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man manna min mannin munna min l-mannaan

 

Some natives might have trouble understanding it even with the diacritics pooh-wtf

This   ّ   is called shadda, it's written above a consonant to indicate that it's doubled. What that actually means is that the consonant should be double the length in pronunciation, e.g.:

فَهَّم

fahham to explain (make someone understand), pronunciation

 

spoilerThe shadda happens when a consonant occurs twice without a vowel in between. And it changes the meaning of the word of course.

 

Here is a calligraphic writing of the tongue twister in riq3a

 

Who wants to learn about the remaining two short vowels?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah turns out that's a popular theory actually, I had no idea.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Interesting read!

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