"....E.g. Arabic Yaktubu = Ya-KT-TU-BU -four beats, one per consonant. Salaam = Sa-la-a-m -4 beats = one beat per
consonant released and one for the long vowel...."
Sorry, I don't know what you mean. In your first example there are three syllables: YAK -TU- BU. No such thing as "KT".
In the second example two syllables SA -LAM, the second with a
long vowel ,and therefore transliterated sometimes with two 'A' s
Uri Hurwitz
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