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Arabic is often called "the language of ḍād", referring to the letter ض , difficult for non-Arabs to pronounce. Somalis, when borrowing words from the Arabic language, change the ض Dād sound to Lām ل
Raali راضي (Pleased)
Lid ضد (Opposite)
Arlo ارض (Earth)
The famous scholar Ibn Al Jazari (d. 1429) wrote about this 600 years ago, he said in his book التمهيد في علن التجويد:"ومنهم من يخرجها لاماً مفخمة ، وهم الزيالع ومن ضاهاهم."Among them are those who pronounce it as a velarized Lām, They are the Zaylaci (Somalis) and those like them. "
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Raali راضي (Pleased)
Lid ضد (Opposite)
Arlo ارض (Earth)
The famous scholar Ibn Al Jazari (d. 1429) wrote about this 600 years ago, he said in his book التمهيد في علن التجويد:"ومنهم من يخرجها لاماً مفخمة ، وهم الزيالع ومن ضاهاهم."Among them are those who pronounce it as a velarized Lām, They are the Zaylaci (Somalis) and those like them. "
