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[Facts] Arabic Name Jalila

by LMS

8/24/2019, 11:53 AM

I was watching an Egyptian drama series and there was a character that in the subtitles was named Jalila But it was pronounced as Galila. Would this be a transcription error or is the J in Jalila in Arabic pronounced as a hard G?

#Arabic

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- elbowin +3

8/25/2019, 11:55 AM

It is not an error, it is a matter of dialect or variety of Arabic. The hard G pronunciation of the Arabic letter Jim is typical for Egyptian and Sudanic Arabic.

--elbowin

- LMS +2

8/25/2019, 8:17 PM

So would it be pronounced both Jalila and Galila in Arabic dialects?

- elbowin +1

8/26/2019, 2:44 AM

Yes,

Jalila is the Standard Arabic pronunciation and at least the initial J is common to all Arabic dialects except Egyptian and Sudanese.

--elbowin

- LMS

8/27/2019, 2:48 PM

Thank you very much. This has been eye opening.

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