On: Why Arabic Is Terrific (2011)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSwHMvc0zM4

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Maha explains how to pronounce it quite Nicely here https://youtu.be/Y0ro6b50-Lk?t=159

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It's not an uvular letter though, it's pharyngeal (to epiglottal in some places).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayin#Arabic_%CA%BFayn

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True, she struggled with that part, but that technique of limiting the airflow by hand works and gives you a good feel on how to pronounce it.

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I was a bit confused with it being called a consonant.

After some research, although I had a flawed understanding of vowels and consonants, I think it's classified as a semivowel.