A little forward from qāf's point, toward the mouth, the back of the tongue meets the palate for kāf (ك). These are neighboring but distinct places.
Alternate أَقْ and أَكْ. The book calls qāf and kāf the lahawiyyah letters, referring to their rear-mouth articulation region. Do not interpret that grouping as their being one and the same sound.
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Point 5: Slightly forward — kāf
Makhārij al-Ḥurūf — The Fifteen Articulation Points
A little forward from qāf's point, toward the mouth, the back of the tongue meets the palate for kāf (ك). These are neighboring but distinct places.
Alternate أَقْ and أَكْ. The book calls qāf and kāf the lahawiyyah letters, referring to their rear-mouth articulation region. Do not interpret that grouping as their being one and the same sound.