Discussion
From: "Alan Siegrist" <AlanFSiegri..@..mcast.net>
Date: 2010-02-01 00:18:14
Message ID: <B3895DEF75804DA4ADE29D1D820E5D89@ALANSHP>
Parent: <000001caa314$8ff79000$afe6b000$@ocn.ne.jp>
Subject: RE: Al Qaeda
Minoru Mochizuki writes:

> Al Qaeda is normally transliterated into Katakana as アルカ―イダ.
>
> I am wondering how it is expressed in the phonetic symbol in U.S. or UK
and
> what is the phonetic expression closest to how they call themselves.

What "phonetic symbols" are you talking about? Do you mean IPA? See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

The pronunciation of "Al-Qaeda" in IPA is on the Wikipedia page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda

Regards,

Alan Siegrist
Carmel, CA, USA