Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation
 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Egyptian Arabic on Wikipedia.It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Egyptian 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 its value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. | |
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]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
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uh-(ʔ)oh
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| ʕ
|
ع
|
عين
[ʕeːn]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
no equivalent
|
| b
|
ب
|
بواب
[bæwˈwæːb]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
bike
|
| d
|
د
|
دقه
[ˈdæʔʔæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
done
|
| dˤ
|
ض
|
ضمير
[dˤɑˈmiːɾ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
emphatic /d/
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| f
|
ف
|
فول
[fuːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
fast
|
| ɡ
|
ج
|
جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
gas
|
| h
|
هـ
|
هشام
[heˈʃæːm]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
hat
|
| ħ
|
ح
|
حب
[ħob]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
no equivalent
|
| j
|
ى
|
ياما
[ˈjæːmæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
yes
|
| k
|
ك
|
كوارع
[kæˈwæːɾeʕ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
skin
|
| l
|
ل
|
لمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
lip
|
| m
|
م
|
مازوره
[mɑˈzuːɾɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
mother
|
| n
|
ن
|
نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
nest
|
| q[1]
|
ق
|
القاهره
[elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
no equivalent
|
| ɾ
|
ر
|
راجل
[ˈɾɑːɡel]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
run
|
| s
|
س
ث
|
سوق
[suːʔ]
ثامر
[ˈsæːmeɾ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
sorry
|
| sˤ
|
ص
|
صباح
[sˤɑˈbɑːħ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
emphatic /s/
|
| ʃ
|
ش
|
شوربه
[ˈʃoɾbɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
ship
|
| t
|
ت
|
تف
[tæf]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
star
|
| tˤ
|
ط
|
طارق
[ˈtˤɑːɾeʔ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
emphatic /t/
|
| w
|
و
|
وش
[weʃ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
water
|
| x
|
خ
|
خريف
[xæˈɾiːf]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| ɣ
|
غ
|
غسيل
[ɣæˈsiːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
French R
|
| z
|
ز ذ
|
زباله
[zeˈbæːlæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
zebra
|
| zˤ
|
ظ
|
ظابط
[ˈzˤɑːbet]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
emphatic /z/
|
| Non-native Consonants[2]
|
| p
|
پ ب
|
پيتر
[ˈpiːteɾ, -tɑɾ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
spark
|
| v
|
ڤ ف
|
نيڤين
[nɪˈviːn, ne-]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
view
|
| ʒ
|
چ ج
|
چورچ
[ʒoɾʒ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
vision
|
|
|
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| Vowels
|
| IPA
|
Example
|
Romanization |
English approximation
|
| Monophthongs
|
| æ
|
جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
man
|
| ɑ
|
لمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
father
|
| ɪ~e[3]
|
انتى
[ˈenti]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
sit or set
|
| i[3]
|
انتى
[ˈenti]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
happy
|
| ʊ~o[4]
|
انتو
[ˈentʊ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
put or more
|
| u[4]
|
نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
food
|
| æː
|
جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
man
|
| ɑː
|
بابا
[ˈbɑːbɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
father
|
| eː
|
ليل
[leːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
bay
|
| iː
|
حبيبى
[ħæˈbiːbi]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
need
|
| oː
|
روح
[ɾoːħ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
more
|
| uː
|
فول
[fuːl]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
food
|
| Diphthongs (vowel+glide)
|
| æj
|
أيمن
[ˈʔæjmæn]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
|
| ɑj
|
مايه
[ˈmɑj.jɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
white
|
| æw
|
دوله
[ˈdæwlæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
|
| ɑw
|
دوره
[ˈdɑwɾɑ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
|
| ej
|
ميه
[ˈmej.jæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
|
| ew~ow
|
اوعه
[ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]
|
Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.
|
|
|
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| 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.
|
|
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Notes
- ↑ The classicized consonant [q] only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 [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 [i] at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [ʊ~o] and [u] 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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