the phenomenon of the Tihami Yemeni Arabic (TYA) pausal /u/ in particular such as ktaab-u “a book”, kutubu “books” and kabiiru “big” versus the pausal phenomenon in Arabic in general such as kitaab “a book”, kutub “books” and kabiir “big”.** The status of Arabic pausal forms of indefinite nouns and adjectives in the singular and plural (i.e. their occurrence in pause) is different from that of Tihami Yemeni Arabic (TYA) which has a pausal /u/.

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