مخارج الحروف Arabic Letters Articulation Points

We have seven articulation points for the Arabic letters:

1- الْجَوف : وفيه مخرج حروف المد الثلاثة ( ا- و- ي)

The empty space in the mouth and throat

       The long vowels letters   (ا و ي)

2- الحلق      The Throat

أقصى الحلق  ء- ه        The deepest part, the farthest from the mouth

وسط الحلق  ع- ح       The middle of the throat

أدنـى الحلق    غ- خ    The closest to the mouth

3- اللسان The Tongue

أقصى اللسان (ق – ك) The deepest part of the tongue

وسط اللسان (ج- ش- ي اليا) غير المديةtongue     Middle of

حافة اللسان (ض- ل)  The side or edge of the tongue

طرف اللسان  (ن – ر) Tip of the tongue

(ط – د – ت -ص – ز – س )  ( ظ – ذ – ث)

4- الشفتان : (ف- ب – م – و( الواو غير المدية The two lips

5- الخيشوم: الغُنَّة The nasal hole

The Arabic language is distinguished as a noble language; This is because some of its letters are characterized by the tafkheem; the heavy sounds of few letters, which means elevating the tongue to the top of the palate when pronouncing them. The letters of the tafkheem are: الخا  خ ، الصَّاد  ص، الضَّاد ض ، الغَين غ ، الطَّا  ط ، القاف ق ، الظَّا  ظ

The link below shows the articulation point of each letter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yIqNE8u8jg&list=PLeS_JKxYfA7nc_xYWZ6HtbVTMEcFAZh4y&index=2

 

 

 

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