LessonsArticulation of Letters — All Seventeen MakharijQuiz

Adnā al-ḥalq is the part of the throat nearest the mouth. It produces غ and خ. They occupy a related region but have different acoustic properties.

غ: a voiced, resonant back-throat consonant, as in غَفُور.
خ: a frictional, largely voiceless consonant, as in خَلَقَ.

Do not shift these sounds to the front of the tongue, or replace ghayn with kha. Their audible distinction must remain clear in recitation.

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Point 4 — nearest throat: ghayn and kha

Articulation of Letters — All Seventeen Makharij

Adnā al-ḥalq is the part of the throat nearest the mouth. It produces غ and خ. They occupy a related region but have different acoustic properties.

غ: a voiced, resonant back-throat consonant, as in غَفُور.
خ: a frictional, largely voiceless consonant, as in خَلَقَ.

Do not shift these sounds to the front of the tongue, or replace ghayn with kha. Their audible distinction must remain clear in recitation.