| Consonants |
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| IPA | Example | IPA | English approximation |
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| b | بلونةballūna | [balˈluːna] | boy | | d | دارdār | [daːr] | duck | | ð | ذابḏēb | [ðɛːb] | then | | ðˤ | ظاهرḍāhir | [ˈðˤaːhər] | that,butpharyngealized | | dz[a] | دزايرdzēyir | [ˈd͡zɛːjər] | pads | | ʒ | جالاطjilāṭ | [ʒɪˈlaːtˤ] | vision | | f | فرشيطةforšīṭa | [fɔrˈʃiːtˤa] | four | | ɡ | ڨطّوgaṭṭu | [gaˈtˤːu] | game | | h | هكاكةhakēka | [haˈkɛːka] | help | | ħ | حاكمḥākim | [ˈħaːkəm] | hello,but pharyngealized | | j | يومyūm | [juːm] | yes | | k | كلبkalb | [kalb] | scar | | l | لبسةlibsa | [ˈlɪbsa] | look | | m | مراmrā | [mraː] | mole | | n | نابnēb | [nɛːb] | bin | | θ | ثلاثةṯlēṯa | [ˈθlɛːθa] | thing | | q | قديمqdīm | [qdiːm] | cup,butuvular | | p[b] | پيسينpīsīn | [piːˈsiːn] | spat | | r | رايray | [raj] | rolled R | | s | سقفsqaf | [sqaf] | sow | | ʃ | شركةšarka | [ˈʃarka] | shell | | t | توبةtūba | [ˈtuːba] | stake | | tʃ[a] | تشيشةtšīša | [ˈt͡ʃiːʃa] | chew | | v[b] | تلڥزةtalvza | [ˈtalvza] | vet | | w | وردةwarda | [ˈwarda] | wall | | x | خاتمxātim | [ˈxaːtəm] | Scottish loch | | ʁ | مغربmaġrib | [ˈmaʁrəb] | Frenchrouge | | z | زلابيةzlēbya | [ˈzlɛːbja] | zoo | | ʕ | عرصةʿorṣa | [ˈʕɔrsˤa] | Danishravn | | ʔ[c] | يسئلyiṣʾil | [ˈjɪsʔəl] | uh-oh |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Example | IPA | English approximation |
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| a | كبkab | [kab] | between catand father[d] | | ɛ | علاشʿlēš | [ʕˈlɛːʃ] | bed | | ə | ظاهرḍāhir | [ˈðˤaːhər] | killer | | ɪ | ڨدgid | [gɪd] | bit | | i | فيسعfīsaʿ | [ˈfisaʕ] | meet | | ɔ | مخmox | [mɔχ] | core | | u | ماهوشmahūš | [məˈhuːʃ] | cool |
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