Articulation Points for Tajweed

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Articulation points of Quranic

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Articulation Points Articulation point is the place from where a

letter is pronounced, making its sounddifferent from the sound of other letters.

Each Quranic letter has different articulation

point. A letter is only a sound that relies on a

specific articulation point.


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Articulation Points Quranic Articulation Points

Five major areas of the human body are usedto pronounce different letters.

pronounce the 28 original letters and theMadd letters.


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Articulation Points 5 Major Articulation Areas

Articulation

area

Arabic

name

No. articulation

points

No. of letters

3 6

The Tongue 10 18The Two lips 2 4The Nose 1 Ghunnah lettersEmpty space in the

mouth & throat

1 3 lengthened letters

Only the throat, tongue and lips are used to pronounce the actual 28 letters. The nose and the empty space of mouth & throat is used to produce

additional sounds (e.g. the ghunnah sound)


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Articulation areasEmpty space in the mouth & throat

When we need to lengthen a letter(e.g pronounce a Madd letter),we use the empty space of our mouth

and throat to produce this sound.

No other part of the mouth is usedto lengthen a sound.

The green area inside the imageshows the empty mouth and throat areaused to produce the Madd sound


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Articulation areasThe Throat

The throat is broken down into 3 parts

6 letters are pronounced from the throat

Deepest part

Middle part

Closest part


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Articulation areasThe Throat

6 letters are pronounced from the throat

Closest part:

Deepest part:

Middle part:


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Articulation areasThe Nose & The Lips


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Articulation areasThe Nose

The hole in the nose that continues back towards inside the

mouth is the place where the Ghunnah [nasal sound] comesfrom. No letter is articulated from the nose. Each letter can have

different sound characteristics. unna s a c aracter st c, not a etter. Ghunnah is a characteristic of Mim and Noon letters. Ghunnah sound is more prevalent when Mim and Noon have a

shaddah on them. It is also noticeable on Noon Ikhfa and Iqlab and on Mim Ikhfa.

If you hold your nose closed you will not be able to produce theGhunnah sound.


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Articulation areasThe two lips

The two lips have 2 articulation points toproduce 4 letters.

Fa upper front 2 teeth touch the insidewet art of the lower li .

Wow the two lips form a circle without thetwo lips meeting completely.

Ba by closing the wet parts of the two lips

together Mim by closing the dry parts of the two lips

together


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Articulation areasThe Nose & The Lips


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Articulation areas: The TongueTongue is divided into 5 different areas:


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Articulation areas: The Tongue The roof of the mouth is divided into 2 parts:

The hard palate the top roof-area, near the teeth

The soft palate deepest part of the roof, near thethroat

the hard or the soft

palates to produce

different letters


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Articulation areas: The TongueDeepest part of the tongue and the soft palate

Letter Qaf Deepest part of the tongue touches the soft

palate


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Letter Kaf

Deepest part of the tongue (further from the throat)

touches the soft palate


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The articulation points for letter Qaf and letter Kafare very close together.

They both are produced by touching the deepest.

However, the position of Kaf is little distance awayfrom Qaf. Kaf is produced from the deepest end ofthe tongue which is closer to mouth and away fromthroat. [Qaf articulation point is more closer to thethroat]


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Articulation areas: The TongueMiddle part of the tongue and the hard palate

Letters Jeem, Sheen and Ya Middle part of the tongue touches the hard palate, opposite

side of the mouth.


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Articulation areas: The TongueThe head and the tip of the tongue

The front part of the tongue touches different teeth to emit differentletters.

We should also know about these different teeth.


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Articulation areas: The Tongue


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Articulation areas: The TongueThe side of the tongue

Letter Daad The letter is produced by

touching the left side of theongue w e e upper

teeth.

Letter is one of the mostdifficult letter to pronounce.


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Articulation areas: The TongueThe side of the tongue

Letter Laam By touching the nearest part ofthe sides of the tongue (nearestto the mouth) and the end of its

opposite side. articulation point is the front

edges of the tongue, whereas the is from the posterior edges ofthe tongue.


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Letter Noon

Tip of the tonguetouching the

top front teeth.


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Letter Ra

Tip of the tonguetouching the hard

,of the front two teeth.


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Top of the tongue(head of the tongue)

[root] of the top twoteeth.


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Tip of the tonguetouches the edges of

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The edges of the top and lower front teeth close togetherand the tip of the tongue comes near them.

In other words, tip of the tongue just misses the edges of

the top and lower front teeth. For all three of these letters, a whistle sound is

produced.

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