Aiuto:AFI/Arab egizian

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

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

The romanization of the examples is the commonly used form in Egypt.

Consonants
IPA	Arabic letter	Example	Romanization	English approximation
ʔ	ء, أ, إ, آ, ؤ, ئ, ق	مؤمن [ˈmoʔmen]	Moamen	uh-(ʔ)oh
ʕ	ع	عين [ʕeːn]	ein	no equivalent
b	ب	بواب [bæwˈwæːb]	bawab	bike
d	د	دقه [ˈdæʔʔæ]	dakka	done
dˤ	ض	ضمير [dˤɑˈmiːɾ]	damir	emphatic /d/
f	ف	فول [fuːl]	foul	fast
ɡ	ج	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	gas
h	هـ	هشام [heˈʃæːm]	Hesham	hat
ħ	ح	حب [ħob]	hob	had, but pharyngeal
j	ى	ياما [ˈjæːmæ]	yama	yes
k	ك	كوارع [kæˈwæːɾeʕ]	kawarea	skin
l	ل	لمبه [ˈlɑmbɑ]	lamba	lip
m	م	مازوره [mɑˈzuːɾɑ]	mazoura	mother
n	ن	نونو [ˈnuːnu]	nounou	nest
q^[1]	ق	القاهره [elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]	el Kahera	cap, but uvular
ɾ^[2]	ر	راجل [ˈɾɑːɡel]	ragel	Flapped or rolled R
s	س ث	سوق [suːʔ] ثامر [ˈsæːmeɾ]	souk Thamer	sorry
sˤ	ص	صباح [sˤɑˈbɑːħ]	Sabah	emphatic /s/
ʃ	ش	شوربه [ˈʃoɾbɑ]	shorba	ship
t	ت	توت [tuːt]	tout	star
tˤ	ط	طارق [ˈtˤɑːɾeʔ]	Tarek	emphatic /t/
w	و	وش [weʃ]	wesh	water
x	خ	خريف [xæˈɾiːf]	kharif	loch (Scottish English)
ɣ	غ	غسيل [ɣæˈsiːl]	ghasil	Spanish fuego
z	ز ذ	زباله [zeˈbæːlæ]	zebala	zebra
zˤ	ظ	ظابط [ˈzˤɑːbet]	zabet	emphatic /z/
Non-native Consonants^[3]
p	پ ب	پيتر [ˈpiːteɾ, -tɑɾ]	Peter	spark
v	ڤ ف	نيڤين [nɪˈviːn, ne-]	Nevin	view
ʒ	چ ج	چورچ [ʒoɾʒ]	George	vision

Vowels
IPA	Example	Romanization	English approximation
Monophthongs
æ	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	man
ɑ	لمبه [ˈlɑmbɑ]	lamba	father
ɪ~e^[4]	انتى [ˈenti]	enti	sit or set
i^[4]	انتى [ˈenti]	enti	happy
ʊ~o^[5]	انتو [ˈentʊ]	ento	put or more
u^[5]	نونو [ˈnuːnu]	nounou	food
æː	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	map
ɑː	بابا [ˈbɑːbɑ]	baba	father
eː	ليل [leːl]	leil	bay
iː	حبيبى [ħæˈbiːbi]	habibi	need
oː	روح [ɾoːħ]	roh	more
uː	فول [fuːl]	foul	food
Diphthongs (vowel+glide)
æj	أيمن [ˈʔæjmæn]	Ayman
ɑj	مايه [ˈmɑj.jɑ]	mayya	white
æw	دوله [ˈdæwlæ]	dawla
ɑw	دوره [ˈdɑwɾɑ]	dawra
ej	ميه [ˈmej.jæ]	meyya	stay
ew~ow	اوعه [ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]	ewaa

Suprasegmentals
IPA	examples	Explanation
ˈ	جميل /ɡæˈmiːl/ ("beautiful")	Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
ː	ليل /leːl/ ("night")	Indicates that the preceding vowel is long.

Notes

↑ The classicized consonant Template:IPAblink only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.
↑ The rhotic consonant is in free variation between a flap Template:IPAblink and a trill Template:IPAblink.
↑ The phonemes /p/, /v/, and /ʒ/ are only found in loanwords and they can be pronounced as /b/, /f/, and /ʃ/ respectively depending on the speaker.
↑ ^4,0 ^4,1 [ɪ~e] and [i] are allophones of the phoneme /i/. Word initial and medial /i/ in stressed syllables typically varies across [ɪ~e], but it is strictly Template:IPAblink at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.
↑ ^5,0 ^5,1 [ʊ~o] and Template:IPAblink are allophones of the phoneme /u/. Word initial and medial /u/ in stressed syllables typically varies across [ʊ~o], but it varies [u~ʊ~o] in final positions.

[:3-1] The classicized consonant Template:IPAblink only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.

[:4-2] The rhotic consonant is in free variation between a flap Template:IPAblink and a trill Template:IPAblink.

[3] The phonemes /p/, /v/, and /ʒ/ are only found in loanwords and they can be pronounced as /b/, /f/, and /ʃ/ respectively depending on the speaker.

[:1-4] 4,0 ^4,1 [ɪ~e] and [i] are allophones of the phoneme /i/. Word initial and medial /i/ in stressed syllables typically varies across [ɪ~e], but it is strictly Template:IPAblink at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.

[:2-5] 5,0 ^5,1 [ʊ~o] and Template:IPAblink are allophones of the phoneme /u/. Word initial and medial /u/ in stressed syllables typically varies across [ʊ~o], but it varies [u~ʊ~o] in final positions.

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