Alphabet · Alifbeetada · Consonants

S

S

sa
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The sound

S sounds like the English s in "sun". It is always voiceless: Somali has no z sound, so borrowed words with z are written and said with s.

Example words

Saccow
Saddexthree
Sariirbed

Teaching the letter S

Say the letter with a short a after it, "sa", 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 S they can read it in any word.

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