Help:IPA for Tunisian Arabic
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Tunisian Arabic
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tunisian 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 .
Consonants
IPA
Example
IPA
English approximation
b
B allûna
[balˈluːna]
b oy
d
d âr
[daːr]
d uck
ð
ð êb
[ðɛːb]
th en
ðˤ
ðgħ âhăr
[ðˤa:hər]
th at, but pharyngealised
dz [a]
ḑ êyăr
[ˈd͡zɛːjər]
pads
ʒ
j ĭlâtgħ
[ʒɪˈlaːtˤ]
visi on
f
f oşîtgħà
[fɔrˈʃiːtˤa]
f our
ɡ
g atgħtgħù
[gaˈtˤtˤu]
g ame
h
h akêkà
[haˈkɛːka]
h elp
ħ
ħ âkăm
[ˈħaːkəm]
h ello, but pharyngeal
j
y ûm
[juːm]
y es
k
k alb
[kalb]
sc ar
l
l ĭbsà
[ˈlɪbsa]
l ook
m
m râ
[mra:]
m ole
n
n êb
[nɛːb]
bin
θ
ŧ lêŧà
[ˈθlɛːθa]
th ing
q
q dîm
[qdiːm]
c up, but uvular
p [b]
p îsîn
[piːˈsiːn]
sp at
r
r ay
[raj]
r ight (Trilled R )
s
s qàf
[sqaf]
s ow
ʃ
ş àrka
[ˈʃarka]
sh ell
t
t ûba
[tu:ba]
st ake
tʃ [a]
ç îşa
[t͡ʃiːʃa]
ch ew
v [b]
tàlv za
[ˈtalvza]
v et
w
w àrda
[ˈwarda]
w all
x
ķ âtăm
[ˈxa:təm]
loch (Scottish )
ʁ
màğ răb
[ˈmaʁrəb]
French r ouge (Guttural R )
z
z lêbyà
[ˈzlɛːbja]
z oo
ʕ
għ òrśan
[ˈʕɔrsˤa]
No equivalent; Standard Arabic 'ayn (ع)
ʔ [c]
yĭś ăl
[ˈjɪsʔəl]
The pause in uh-oh!; Cockney butt on
Vowels
IPA
Example
IPA
English approximation
a
kab
[kab]
gu t
ɛ
għlêş
[ʕˈlɛːʃ]
be d
ə
ðgħâhăr
[ðˤa:hər]
kille r
ɪ
gĭd
[gɪd]
bi t
i
fìsagħ
[ˈfisaʕ]
mee t
ɔ
mòķ
[mɔχ]
co re
u
măhûş
[məˈhuːʃ]
doo m
Notes
^ a b Rarely used, for example tšīša , dzīṛa and dzāyir .[1]
^ a b /p/ and /v/ are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by /b/ , like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla . However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza .[2]
^ Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register , in loans from standard Arabic, often in maṣdar (verbal noun ) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like /jɪsʔɪl/ "he asks", though many speakers substitute /ʔ / for /h / in the latter word.[3] [4]
References
See also
Comparisons Introductory guides
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