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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Egyptian Arabic
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 Template:IPA 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
|
French "R"
|
| 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
|
mad (short)
|
| ɑ
|
لمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
|
lamba
|
father (short)
|
| ɪ~e[4]
|
انتى
[ˈenti]
|
enti
|
sit or set
|
| i[4]
|
انتى
[ˈenti]
|
enti
|
need (short)
|
| ʊ~o[5]
|
انتو
[ˈentʊ]
|
ento
|
put or more
|
| u[5]
|
نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
|
nounou
|
cool (short)
|
| æː
|
جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
|
Gamal
|
mad (long)
|
| ɑː
|
بابا
[ˈbɑːbɑ]
|
baba
|
father (long)
|
| eː
|
ليل
[leːl]
|
leil
|
bay
|
| iː
|
حبيبى
[ħæˈbiːbi]
|
habibi
|
need (long)
|
| oː
|
روح
[ɾoːħ]
|
roh
|
more (long)
|
| uː
|
فول
[fuːl]
|
foul
|
cool (long)
|
| 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.
|
|
|
- ^ The classicized consonant [q] only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.
- ^ The rhotic consonant is in free variation between a flap [ɾ] and a trill [r].
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b [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.
- ^ a b [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.
