I attended an Arabic course when we lived in Jeddah and the numbers in words were used to indicate a particular Arabic language sound which has no equivalent in English.
i.e. '2' would sound like the German 'ch' in 'ich'. Or like in a Scottish 'loch'. "SabaaH el2eyr" = Good morning.
'4' is like French 'r' (a sort of gargling sound). "tib4a" = you want
'9' a voiced construction in the throat. "essalaam 9aleykum", for example.
Anyway, I don't know if different tutors use different digits to indicate a particular vocal 'sound', but the above was how I was taught to pronounce Jeddah Arabic.
I attended an Arabic course when we lived in Jeddah and the numbers in words were used to indicate a particular Arabic language sound which has no equivalent in English.
i.e. '2' would sound like the German 'ch' in 'ich'. Or like in a Scottish 'loch'. "SabaaH el2eyr" = Good morning.
'4' is like French 'r' (a sort of gargling sound). "tib4a" = you want
'9' a voiced construction in the throat. "essalaam 9aleykum", for example.
Anyway, I don't know if different tutors use different digits to indicate a particular vocal 'sound', but the above was how I was taught to pronounce Jeddah Arabic.