صوت الألف (الفتحة الطويلة)‎ (Ā)‎ في اللغة العربية

Abstract EN

‘Alif’ sound is considered one of the sounds that are produced by the palate, and back of it is the end of the hard palate which is connected to the gum.

Scientists did not locate a specific place of articulation.

This sound is considered by Alkhalil Bi n Ahmed Alfarahidi (died in 175 A.H) an aerial, whereas Sibawayh (died in 180 A.H) and his followers considered it palatal as well as ‘Hamza’.

Modernists considered it a long sound and is located according to the place and direction of the tongue toward the hard palate.

Some modernists said it is located it in the middle of the tongue against the back of the hard palate.

Others located it in the end of the tongue against the end of the palate.

Short Fattha differs from the latter in the following two poi nts: Quantity, the long duration of Fattha results long Alif (Alif Almad).

Manner, it is related to the shape of the mouth like the part of the tongue involved in producing the sound, how big the mouth opens, shape of the lips.

Alif is subdivided into two sounds; Alif Altafkheem which tends to dhamma, and Alif Al imalla which tends to Yaa’ and Fattha tends to Kasra.