Afroasiatic phonetic notation

Afroasiatic phonetic notation is a fancy way of writing down how words sound in certain African and Middle Eastern languages.

Just like how you learn the ABCs to spell words in English, there are special symbols that represent different sounds in these other languages.

For example, the letter "b" in English usually makes a "buh" sound, but in some Afroasiatic languages it might make a different sound, like "bhh" or "bhuh".

So with this special notation, we can write down these sounds accurately and help people pronounce words correctly. It's like a secret code that only people who know how to read it can understand!