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Very interesting article.

This is the first time I hear the plural : ustaath -> usaatatha, I am a native arabic speaker and we always use asaatitha.

Also an old side project of mine, http://yoolki.com for en-ar transliteration

It's the first time you hear it because I got it wrong - thanks! Fixed now.

That's because the 'u' is really not the 'u' but the glottal stop ;) (hamza)

u at the beginning is usually for a glottal stop with a dammah above it ( أُ ) while in this case it should be a fatha ( أَ )

You should also fix dukkan -> dukaakiin to become dakaakiin

Fixed. Thanks for these corrections, and please feel free to email me (maciej@ceglowski.com) if there's anything else I've garbled.