Graphemes for /q/ and Related Phonemes
Uvulars
Section titled “Uvulars”/q/ - voiceless uvular stop
| Writing System | Grapheme | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ar-Arab | <ق> | تقريري ‘my report’, فقير ‘poor’ | |
| dv-Thaa | <އ◌ް> | ޙައްޤު | Only in words of foreign origin. It occurs before ‹ޤ› to indicate a geminate. |
| dv-Thaa | <ޤ> | ޤައުމު | A letter devised to transliterate the Arabic letter ‹ق›. It occurs only in words of foreign origin. |
| srr-Arab | <ق> | قࣷلْ ‘field’ | |
| srr-Latn | <q> | qol ‘field’ | |
| wo-Arab | <ق> | نَقَرْ ‘regret, grief’ | |
| wo-Latn | <q> | naqar ‘regret, grief’ |
/q/ - prenasalized voiceless uvular stop
| Writing System | Grapheme | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| srr-Arab | <نق> | نقَارِيتْ ‘friendship’, اࣷنقࣹ ‘(article)’, هࣷنقّ ‘grain’ | when word final it uses a shadda |
| srr-Latn | <nq> | nqaariit ‘friendship’, onqe ‘(article)’, honq ‘grain’ | |
| wo-Arab | <نق> | جَنقّ ‘virgin’ | |
| wo-Latn | <nq> | janq ‘virgin’ |