ਰ - ਰਾਰਾ - Raaraa - thirty-second letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet.
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hold your mouth in exactly the same way that you would if you were saying the sound of the Roman alphabet letter 'r' as in the start of the word 'rat' although you might want to hold your tongue a little closer to your teeth when you do it. |
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| Tongue: |
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tip up against the teeth |
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| Soft Palette: |
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blocking the nose |
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| Lips: |
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apart |
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| Vocal Chords: |
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Used |
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| Aspirated: |
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no |
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| Confusion: |
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ਹ ਰ ਗ ਰਾ |
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| Reading: |
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When you first start, there is a fair chance that you might confuse ਰ with ਹ. Remember that the curl doesn't make it back to the vertical bar in ਹ.
Another one to be aware of with written Gurmukhi (as opposed to printed) is that a ਰ followed by a badly written kannaa ('ਰਾ') can look like a ਗ. The answer is to make sure that you write your kannas properly. |
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| Writing: |
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The same confusion as with reading. You'll need to take a bit of care with this one. You won't write many ਹs to start with so you will probably draw the curl right back to the vertical bar. When writing a ਰ, make sure that you do write it all of the way back to the bar.
With the ਗ - ਰਾ confusion, make sure that you write your kannas only half way down - three quarters of the way down and it becomes ambiguous. |
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