Dh in Swahili words should be pronounced as /ð/, not /ɗh/

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Dh in Swahili words should be pronounced as /ð/, not /ɗh/ #28

Open AlephAlpha opened 3 years ago

AlephAlpha commented 3 years ago

For example, the pronunciation of tafadhali should be /tafaðali/, not /tafaɗhali/. The digraph dh is used in Arabic loanwords to represented the voiced dental fricative /ð/.