Investigating the Difficulties Facing Tama Native Speakers in Pronouncing Arabic Consonant Sounds ( A Case Study of Tama Society in Khartoum State )

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the difficulty of Arabic consonant sounds pronunciation among “Tama Native Speakers (TNS)”. The study adopted descriptive analytical method in order to elaborate and analyze the causes of the community via statistical analysis of the gathered data. The samples of the study from Tama Society in Khartoum state; the samples were selected randomly from educated and uneducated people. To obtain the necessary data for the study, the researcher used only tool that is a diagnostic test for the Tama Native Speakers as a tool of the study. The researcher designed a diagnostic test which consists of 30 words that confined to the research hypotheses, to be read aloud by means of audio- recording. Data has been collected and analyzed statistically by means of percentage. The collected data reveals that Tama find difficulties in pronouncing some aspects of Sudanese Arabic consonant sounds such as; ( ث ,خ ,ش ,ض ,ذ , ز, ظ ,غ). Based on these result, the researcher made some recommendations and suggestions.