The pronunciation of “Qatar” is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. But it’s one tricky letter after another for English speakers.

For over a century, the International Phonetic Alphabet has tried to remedy this ... added symbols for pharyngeals (e.g., [ʕ], used in Arabic), retroflex consonants ([ɖ], used in Hindi), clicks ...

It is user-friendly, designed to be rotatable on two sides and allows non-Arabic speakers to learn how to match English letters and sounds, such as their name, to their Arabic phonetic counterparts ..

The name 28 refers to the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet, symbolising the essence ... using Arabic script alongside transliterations and phonetic pronunciation in Latin letters, allowing ...

In the Arabic alphabet there is no sign for this letter, because the sound does not occur in the Arabic phonetic system. Hence other Muhammadan nations using the Arabic alphabet supply the missing ...