Fungu la nane Matamshi — Pronunciation

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Abstract The letter a in Swahili represents a vowel sound somewhere between that represented by ‘a’ in the English word ‘man’ and that in ‘father’. The native English learner should aim at making that same vowel wherever it may occur in the Swahili word. He/she should particularly beware of making the ‘reduced’ sound as heard in the first syllable of the English word ‘about’, or as in the last syllable of ‘fella’.

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