Help:IPA/Hejazi Arabic

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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hejazi Arabic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-acw}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

The romanization of the examples is based on the romanization system used on Wiktionary.

See Hejazi Arabic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Urban Hejazi Arabic.

The sounds [θ], [ð] and [ðˤ] in addition to the foreign [v] and [p] marked by an asterisk* are not used by all speakers.

Consonants
IPA Arabic letter Example Romanization English approximation
ʔ ء, أ, إ, ؤ, ئ سَأَل saʼal uh-(ʔ)oh
ʕ ع عين ʿēn no equivalent
b ب بِنْت bint bike
d (ذ) د (ذيل) دُب[1] dubb (dēl or ḏēl) done
dˤ (ظ) ض (ظِفِر) ضَب[2] ḍabb (ḍifir or ẓifir) emphatic /d/
dʒ[3] ج جَريدة jarīda job
ð* ذ ذَكَر[1] ḏakar or dakar this
f ف فيل fīl fast
ɡ ق قَمَر gamar gas
h هـ هادي hādi hat
ħ ح حَر ḥarr no equivalent
j ي يَد yadd yes
k ك كَلْب kalb cat
l ل لون lōn lip (clear l)
ɫ[4] الله allāh peel (dark l)
m م موية mōya mother
n ن نوم nōm nest
θ* ث ثَوَاب[5] ṯawāb or tawāb think
r[3] ر راس rās trilled r
s (ث) س (ثابِت) سَرير[5] sarīr (sābit or ṯābit) sorry
sˤ ص صَبّار ṣabbār emphatic /s/
ʃ ش شَمْس šams ship
t (ث) ة ,ت (ثوب) تَمُر[5] tamur (tōb or ṯōb) star
tˤ ط طير ṭēr emphatic /t/
w و وَرَقة waraga water
x خ خَس ḵass loch (Scottish)
ɣ غ غَريب ḡarīb French r but softer
z (ذ) ز (ذَكي) زِر[1] zirr (zaki or ḏaki) zebra
zˤ ظ ظَرْف[2] ẓarf emphatic /z/
Notable Allophones
q[6] ق اِسْتِقْلال istiglāl {istiqlāl} no equivalent
ðˤ* ظ ظِل[2] ḍill or ẓill emphatic /ð/
Non-native Consonants[7]
p* پ پيتزا or بيتزا pītza or bītza put
v* ڤ ڤيروس or فيروس vayrūs or fayrūs view
Vowels
IPA Example Romanization English approximation
Monophthongs
a فَم famm father but shorter
ʊ حُب[8] ḥubb put (or like law)
u قَبُو gabu to
ɪ سِر[9] sirr sit (or like set)
i مَدْرِي madri happy
aː[10] نار nār father
uː نور nūr food
oː صوت ṣōt for
iː مين mīn need
eː بيت bēt hair
Diphthongs
aw دَوْري dawri how
aj لَيْمون laymūn tie
Suprasegmentals
IPA examples Explanation
ˈ يوم /ˈjoːm/ ("day") Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
ː سَكِّينَة /sakˈkiːna/ ("knife") Indicates a long vowel or a geminate consonant.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ⟨ذ⟩ represents /d/ as in ذيل /deːl/ & ذكر /dakar/ or /z/ as in ذكي /zaki/, but the classical phoneme /ð/ is still used as well depending on the speaker especially in words of English origin. check Hejazi Arabic phonology
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ⟨ظ⟩ represents /dˤ/ as in ظفر /dˤifir/ & ظل /dˤilː/ or /zˤ/ as in ظرف /zˤarf/, but the classical allophone [ðˤ] is still used as well depending on the speaker. check Hejazi Arabic phonology
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 the affricate /d͡ʒ/ ⟨ج⟩ and the trill /r/ ⟨ر⟩ are realised as a [ʒ] (English s in pleasure) and a tap [ɾ] respectively by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
  4. ↑ The marginal phoneme /ɫ/ only occurs in the word الله /aɫɫaːh/ ('god') and words derived from it, such as يلا /jaɫɫa/ "come on", they contrast in والله /waɫɫa/ ('i swear') vs. ولَّا /walla/ ('or').
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ⟨ث⟩ represents /t/ as in ثوب /toːb/ & ثواب /tawaːb/ or /s/ as in ثابت /saːbit/, but the classical phoneme /θ/ is still used as well depending on the speaker especially in words of English origin. check Hejazi Arabic phonology
  6. ↑ [q] is an allophone of /ɡ/ ⟨ق⟩ and it occurs in a number of phrases and words due to the influence of Modern Standard Arabic in the 20th century.
  7. ↑ The phonemes /p/ and /v/ are only found in loanwords and they can be substituted by /b/ and /f/ respectively depending on the speaker
  8. ↑ Word initial and medial /u/ is pronounced [ʊ] or less likely [o̞] depending on the word and speaker, but strictly pronounced [u] at the end of words, and before /w/. All are allophones of the phoneme /u/.
  9. ↑ Word initial and medial /i/ is pronounced [ɪ] or less likely [e̞] depending on the word and speaker, but strictly pronounced [i] at the end of words, and before /j/. All are allophones of the phoneme /i/.
  10. ↑ [ɑ] is an allophone for /aː/ and /a/ in some words such as ألمانيا [almɑːnja] ('Germany'), بابا [bɑːbɑ] ('dad') and يابان [jaːbɑːn] ('Japan').