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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـپـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">پـ</span>
-|[β], [p] (foreign)
+|[β] (weak allophone of /b/); /p/ (loanwords, Af Maay)
 |p (Af Maay)
-| This is an extra letter that is not normally used. It can be used for intervocalic /b/ pronounced as /β/, especially in Af Maay. It can also be used for /p/ in foreign words and some Af Maay words.
+| This is an extra letter that is not normally used. It can be used for intervocalic /b/ pronounced as /β/, especially in Af Maay. It can also be used for /p/ in foreign words (where it is usually replaced with ''b'') and initially in some Af Maay words.
 |-
 | taa'<br>تاء
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـثـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ثـ</span>
-|/θ/ (Arabic)
+|/θ/ (loanwords)
 |s
-|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords.
+|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Usually pronounced as ''s'' or ''t'' (or sometimes ''d'').
 |-
 |jiim<br>جيم
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـجـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">جـ</span>
-|/d͡ʒ/
+|/d͡ʒ ~ t͡ʃ/
 |j
 |
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 |/t͡ʃ/
 | (ch)
-| Exclusively for foreign words (usually replaced with ''jiim''.
+| Exclusively for foreign words (almost always replaced with ''jiim'').
 |-
 |xaa'<br>حاء
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 |
 |
-|/ð/
+|/ð/ (foreign); [ð] (weak allophone of /d/)
 |d, th (Af Maay)
-|Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. It can also be used in native Sonali words for [ð], especially in af Maay.
+|Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. It can also be used in native Sonali words for [ð], especially in Af Maay.
 |-
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 |
 |
-|/z/ (Arabic)
+|/z/ (foreign)
 |s
-|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords.
+|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Usually pronounced as ''s''.
 |-
 |siin<br>سين
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">صـ</span>
 |/sˁ/ (Arabic)
-|s
+| s
-|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords.
+| Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Usually pronounced as ''s''.
 |-
 |ḍaad <br>ضاد
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 |/d͡ɮˁ/ (Arabic)
 |l, d
-|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords.
+|Not used in native Somali words; mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Usually pronounced as ''d'' or ''l''.
 |-
 |ṭaa'<br>طاء
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـطـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">طـ</span>
-|/tˁ/ (Arabic), /d/
+|/tˁ/ (Arabic); /d/ (back harmony)
 |d
 |Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Used (optionally) in some Somali words for /d/ near back harmony vowels.
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـظـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ظـ</span>
-|/ðˁ/
+|/ðˁ/; [ð] (weak allophone of /d/, back harmony)
 |d, th (Af Maay)
 |Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. Can be used in Somali words for the [ð] allophone of /d/ when it would be written with <i>ṭā'</i>.
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـغـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">غـ</span>
-|/ɣ/
+|/ɣ/ (Arabic); [ɣ] (weak allophone of /ɡ/)
-|q, gh (Af Maay)
+|q; gh (Af Maay)
 |Mainly used in Arabic loanwords. It can also be used for the [ɣ] allophone of ''g'', especially in Af Maay.
 |-
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ـقـ</span>
 |<span style="font-size:160%;">قـ</span>
-|/q/, /ɠ~ʛ/ (Af Maay)
+|/q/; /ɠ~ʛ/ (Af Maay)
 |q
 |
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 |/ŋ/
 |ng
-| Used in Af Maay. Equivalent to final or pre-consonantal ''-n'' in Af Maay.
+| Used in Af Maay. Equivalent to final or pre-consonantal ''-n'' in Af Maay. Can instead be written identically as ''n''.
 |-
 |nuun<br>نون
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 |<span style="font-size:160%;">ݧـ</span>
 |/ɲ/
-|ny
+|ny (also written "yc" in Af Maay)
-| Mainly used in Af Maay.
+| Mainly used in Af Maay. It can also be used in Af Maxaa, but it is usually replaced with ''y'' or else written as ''ny''.
 |-
 |waaw<br>واو
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 |/w/<Br>/ɞ: ~ ɔ:/, /ʉ: ~ u:/
 |w<br>oo, uu
-|The letter ''wāw'' serves three functions. Firstly, is as a consonant, with a sound /w/. Secondly, it is used to write the long vowels /oː/ and /uː/. Finally, it is used as a carrier for ''hamzah''.
+|The letter ''waaw'' serves three functions. Firstly, is as a consonant, with a sound /w/. Secondly, it is used to write the long vowels /oː/ and /uː/. Finally, it is used as a carrier for ''hamzah''.
 |-
 |haaʾ<br>هاء
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 |/h/
 |h
-| ''Hāʾ'' is also used silently at the end of nouns ending in /e/ or /o/. Such a silent ''hāʾ'' may be replaced with ''tāʾ marbūṭah'' (ـَة، ة) in some words (generally feminine words and/or words that end in it in Arabic).
+| <i>Haa'</i> is also used silently at the end of nouns ending in /e/, /o/, (in Af Maay) /ə/. Such a silent <i>haa'</i> may be replaced with ''taa' marbuuṭah'' (ـَة، ة) in some words (generally feminine words and/or words that end in it in Arabic).
 |-
 |yaaʾ<br>ياء
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 |/j/<Br>/eː ~ ɛ:/, /i: ~ ɪ:/
 | y<br>ee, ii
-| The letter ''yāʾ'' serves three functions. Firstly, it is used as a consonant, with a sound /j/. Secondly, it is used to write the long vowels /eː/ and /iː/. Finally, it is used as a carrier for ''hamzah''.
+| The letter <i>yaa'</i> serves three functions. Firstly, it is used as a consonant, with a sound /j/. Secondly, it is used to write the long vowels /eː/ and /iː/. Finally, it is used as a carrier for ''hamzah''. It can also be used silently at the ends of words ending in ''-e'' as an alternative to <i>haa'</i>.
 |-
 |hamzah<br>همزة