https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyUL3U05Q68&t=131s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatNlAwQsGc&t=1s
Consonants; B P T J JH D TH R S SH DH G GH F Q K L M N NG W H Y Y’
Same 10 vowels as Standard Somali, A, E, I, O, U, AA, EE, II, OO and UU.
Howver, there's a Semi Vowel; Y'
Maay has one semi-vowel “Y” which has a distinct pronunciation that is different from the vowel sound produced by the vowel i and is used to represent the “ieh” sound occurring ( felt ) most often at the end of Maay words. Example:
teesy (fly) moory (animal enclosure) lamy (two) sedy (three)
Since the letter ‘Y’ is used both a consonant and vowel, because of its double role the following Shorongshoor rule has been put together to clarify when one can use ‘Y’ as a consonant and as a vowel:
(1.03) Shorongshoor
(b) If the letter ‘y’ is preceded by a vowel it is used as consonant and is pronounced as it is ‘y’.
Example: Bay (name of a region) Biyooley ( name of a city) siyeed (eight)
(P) On the other hand, if the letter ‘y’ is preceded by a consonant, then the letter ‘y’ is used like vowel and is pronounced as ‘ieh’.
Example: toory = knife misgy = sorghum Jyny = heaven shyny = bee
(1.04) Glottal stop (Shalreepy) (‘)
A vowel followed by different vowel or the same vowel which is not a long vowel is separated from the other vowel by an apostrophe(‘) ‘shalreepy’.
Example: ta’ady = betray ba’iid = deer su’aal = question
(1.05) Doubling
In the Maay alphabet, only letters ‘r’ and ‘l’ are doubled within some words.
Example :
RR arry (soil) irry (grey hair) marry ( the whole quran)
LL hillimy (dream) billaawy (diger) duullaang ( to invade)
(1.06) Pronunciation Guide
P
The letter ‘p’ is used when the sound of ‘b’is not stressed. Its sound is produced by the lips, it is some what similar to the letter ‘p’ in the English alphabet.
apaal = gratitude heped = chest Hapiipy = name of a female lipee = lion
Jh:
It is guttural and it has similar sound as ‘J’. It represent a special Maay sound structure,
jhab = fracture jheer = shyness jhiring =beard jhaapy = fire wood
Th:
It is pronounced as the article ‘the’ in the English language, it is used when the sound of ‘d’ is not stressed.
mathal = appointment etheb = politeness mathy = head mithow = black
Gh:
It sounds like the ” ghain ” of the Arabic alphabet, and it is used when the sound of ‘g’ is not stressed.
maghy = name aghaar = green meghyng = refuge lughy = legs
Ng:
It represent a special Maay sound structure, it is similar to the end sound of many English words (eg. morning, caring, helping)
angkaar = curse oong = thirst ming = house lang = man sang = nose
Y’
It represent a special Maay sound structure, the sound that the letter ‘y’’ represents is also found in the words signore, and agnello of the Italian language.
y’aay’uur = cat y’isaang = the youngest maay’y = ocean
(1.07) Pronunciation difference of (b, d, g) and (p, th, gh)
The letters b, d, and g are stressed when they are part of a word, but they are not doubled within a word. When they are not stressed, the letter p, th, gh and are used respectively in their place. Note how the following words are pronounced.
B P
barbaar = youth hupung = joint (organ) dabaal = fool heped = chest hilib = meet apaar = drought
D Th
derdaar = advice mathy = head sedy = three mathal = appointment bad = ocean naathy = anouncement
G Gh
legding = wrestling maghy = name/ noun shalgo = seperation saghaal = nine dheg = ear dheghaaly = deaf
http://dspace-roma3.caspur.it/bitstream ... f-Maay.pdf(1.08) Similar spellings
The following Maay words are written similarly (have the same spelling) but have different pronunciations and different meanings. They are distinguished according to the position they occupy in the words and sentences in which they are located as shown in the following example:
weel = vessel ———weel = a person’s children
dood = hobble rope for camels — dood = argument
eleeng = ram eleeng = above
jeer = days of the week —–jeer = hippopotamus
fool = human face ————-fool = birth labor
beer = liver ——————beer = farm
https://waajid.wordpress.com/2008/10/23 ... h-version/
