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Old 11-21-2022, 09:08 AM
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How to pronounce Qatar | CNN Travel

I am never going to be able to do this properly! I could never even role by Spanish "Rs".

I did have an Iraqi friend while in the Graduate Librarianship program at the U of Denver in 1983-1984. He was from the U of Mosul in Iraq. He worked at their library for decades.

I do recall he tried to teach me some Arabic phrases but I never quite got them right.
I worked at an oil exploration company many years ago and have met many middle eastern people, some from Qatar. They pronounced it Kuh-TAR. However, there is a sound on the Kuh similar to clearing something stuck in your throat. It's hard to explain. It is not Cutter.