The pronunciation of Qatar, a small country on the Arabian Peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf, is a no-brainer for Arabic speakers and speakers of similar languages. However, to English speakers, ...

Sooner or later the moment will arrive for everyone, or at least everyone who doesn’t speak Arabic but hopes to discuss this year’s World Cup without sounding like a total idiot. What happens when ...

LONDON: Stretched out as they are from Casablanca to Aden, the world's quarter-billion native speakers of Arabic, like their English- speaking counterparts, have evolved different pronunciations for ...

American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word “tar.” British English speakers add an “a” sound more equivalent to “cat,” ...

“The Arabic word for ‘Qatar’ actually only has three letters: qāf, ṭā and rā,” she explains. These are Romanized to q,t and r respectively. And, unfortunately, none of them have a close English ...