ipa/Hejazi Arabic

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 Template:IPA 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.

Consonants
IPA Arabic letter Example Romanization English approximation
ʔ ء, أ, إ, ؤ, ئ سَأَل saʔal uh-(ʔ)oh
ʕ ع عين ʕēn no equivalent
b ب بِسَّة bissa bike
d د
ذ
دُب
(ذيل)
dubb (dēl or ēl) done
ض
ظ
ضَب
(ظِفِر)
abb (ifir or ifir) emphatic /d/
ج جَريدة jarīda job or vision
ð ذ ذَكَر akar or dakar this
f ف فين fēn fast
ɡ ق قَمَر gamar gas
q اِسْتِقْلال istiglāl or istiqlāl cat, but uvular
h هـ هادي hādi hat
ħ ح حَر arr hat, but pharyngeal
j ي يَد yadd yes
k ك كَلْب kalb cat
l ل لون lōn lip (clear l)
ɫ الله allāh peel (dark l)
m م موية mōya mother
n ن نوم nōm nest
θ ث ثَوَاب awāb or tawāb think
r ر راس rās trilled r or atom (with flapping)
s س
ث
سَرير
(ثابِت)
sarīr (sābit or ābit) sorry
ص صَبّار abbār emphatic /s/
ʃ ش شَمْس šams ship
t ت
ث
تَمُر
(ثوب)
tamur (tōb or ōb) star
ط طير ēr emphatic /t/
w و وَرَقة waraga water
x خ خَس ass loch (Scottish)
ɣ غ غَريب arīb French r but softer
z ز
ذ
زِر
(ذَكي)
zirr (zaki or aki) zebra
ظ ظَرْف arf emphatic /z/
ðˤ ظِل ill or ill emphatic /ð/
Non-native Consonants
p پ, ب پيتزا or بيتزا pītza or bītza put
v ڤ, ف ڤيروس or فيروس vayrūs or fayrūs view
Vowels
IPA Example Romanization English approximation
Monophthongs
a فَم famm father but shorter
ʊ حُب ubb put (or like RP hot)
u قَبُو gabu to
ɪ سِر sirr sit (or like set)
i مَدْرِي madri happy
نار nār father
نور nūr food
صوت ōt for
مين mīn need
بيت bēt hair
Diphthongs
aw دَوْري dawri how
aj لَيْمون laymūn tie
iw تِوْقَف tiwgaf goat (RP)
ij بِيْقول biygūl hey
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

See also

Tags:

Hejazi ArabicInternational Phonetic AlphabetTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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