This is the
pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Hejazi Arabic on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hejazi Arabic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing
consensus on the
talk page first.
^
abc⟨
ذ⟩ represents /d/ as in ذيل /deːl/ & ذكر /dakar/ or /z/ as in ذكي /zaki/, but the classical phoneme /ð/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology
^
ab⟨
ظ⟩ represents /dˤ/ as in ظفر /dˤifir/ & ظل /dˤilː/ or /zˤ/ as in ظرف /zˤarf/, but the classical phoneme /ðˤ/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology.
^the affricate /d͡ʒ/⟨
ج⟩ is realised as a [
ʒ (English s in pleasure) by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
^[q] is an
allophone of /ɡ/ ⟨
ق⟩ as in اِسْتِقْلال which can pronounced [ɪstɪqlaːl] or [ɪstɪglaːl]. It occurs in a number of phrases and words due to the influence of Modern Standard Arabic.
^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').
^[ŋ] is an
allophone of /n/ ⟨
ن⟩ before velar stops ⟨
ق ,
ك⟩ /k, ɡ/ as in اَنْكَب[aŋkab] or مِنقَل[mɪŋɡal], and [ɱ] is an allophone before ⟨
ف⟩ /f/ as in قُرُنْفُل[gʊrʊɱfʊl].citation needed
^
abc⟨
ث⟩ represents /t/ as in ثوب /toːb/ & ثواب /tawaːb/ or /s/ as in ثابت /saːbit/, but the classical phoneme /θ/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology
^the
trill/r/⟨
ر⟩ is realised as a
tap[
ɾ by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
^The phonemes /p/ and /v/ are only found in loanwords and they can be substituted by /b/ and /f/ respectively depending on the speaker
^Word initial and medial /u/ is pronounced [ʊ]orlesslikely[o̞] as in حُب[ħʊb], but strictly pronounced [
u at the end of words as in قبو[gabu, and before /w/ as in هُوَّ[huwːa]. All are
allophones of the phoneme /u/.
^Word initial and medial /i/ is pronounced [ɪ]orlesslikely[e̞] as in سِرّ[sɪr], but strictly pronounced [
i at the end of words as in مدري[madri, and before /j/ as in هِيَّ[hijːa]. All are
allophones of the phoneme /i/.
^[
ɑ is an allophone for /aː/ and /a/ for a number of speakers in some words, such as ألمانيا [almɑːnja] ('Germany'), ماما [mɑːmɑ] ('mom'), بابا [bɑːbɑ] ('dad') and يابان [jaːbɑːn] ('Japan').
This is the
pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Hejazi Arabic on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hejazi Arabic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing
consensus on the
talk page first.
^
abc⟨
ذ⟩ represents /d/ as in ذيل /deːl/ & ذكر /dakar/ or /z/ as in ذكي /zaki/, but the classical phoneme /ð/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology
^
ab⟨
ظ⟩ represents /dˤ/ as in ظفر /dˤifir/ & ظل /dˤilː/ or /zˤ/ as in ظرف /zˤarf/, but the classical phoneme /ðˤ/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology.
^the affricate /d͡ʒ/⟨
ج⟩ is realised as a [
ʒ (English s in pleasure) by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
^[q] is an
allophone of /ɡ/ ⟨
ق⟩ as in اِسْتِقْلال which can pronounced [ɪstɪqlaːl] or [ɪstɪglaːl]. It occurs in a number of phrases and words due to the influence of Modern Standard Arabic.
^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').
^[ŋ] is an
allophone of /n/ ⟨
ن⟩ before velar stops ⟨
ق ,
ك⟩ /k, ɡ/ as in اَنْكَب[aŋkab] or مِنقَل[mɪŋɡal], and [ɱ] is an allophone before ⟨
ف⟩ /f/ as in قُرُنْفُل[gʊrʊɱfʊl].citation needed
^
abc⟨
ث⟩ represents /t/ as in ثوب /toːb/ & ثواب /tawaːb/ or /s/ as in ثابت /saːbit/, but the classical phoneme /θ/ is still used depending on the speaker. check
Hejazi Arabic phonology
^the
trill/r/⟨
ر⟩ is realised as a
tap[
ɾ by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
^The phonemes /p/ and /v/ are only found in loanwords and they can be substituted by /b/ and /f/ respectively depending on the speaker
^Word initial and medial /u/ is pronounced [ʊ]orlesslikely[o̞] as in حُب[ħʊb], but strictly pronounced [
u at the end of words as in قبو[gabu, and before /w/ as in هُوَّ[huwːa]. All are
allophones of the phoneme /u/.
^Word initial and medial /i/ is pronounced [ɪ]orlesslikely[e̞] as in سِرّ[sɪr], but strictly pronounced [
i at the end of words as in مدري[madri, and before /j/ as in هِيَّ[hijːa]. All are
allophones of the phoneme /i/.
^[
ɑ is an allophone for /aː/ and /a/ for a number of speakers in some words, such as ألمانيا [almɑːnja] ('Germany'), ماما [mɑːmɑ] ('mom'), بابا [bɑːbɑ] ('dad') and يابان [jaːbɑːn] ('Japan').