Alphabet · Alifbeetada · Consonants

N

N

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The sound

N sounds like the English n in "nose". It also carries the word nabad (peace), which is at the heart of Somali greetings.

Example words

Nallamp
Nabadgelyogoodbye (literally: enter peace)
Nabadpeace; the usual reply to "how are you?"

Teaching the letter N

Say the letter with a short a after it, "na", the way Somali children chant the alphabet, then say each example word slowly and let your child find the letter in it. Somali spelling is completely regular, so once a child knows the sound of N they can read it in any word.

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