Help:IPA/Egyptian Arabic

Consonants
IPA	Arabic letter	Example	Romanization	English approximation
Template:IPAlink	ء, أ, إ, آ, ؤ, ئ, ق	مؤمن [ˈmoʔmen]	Moamen	uh-(ʔ)oh
Template:IPAlink	ع	عين [ʕeːn]	ein	no equivalent
Template:IPAlink	ب	بواب [bæwˈwæːb]	bawab	bike
Template:IPAlink	د	دقه [ˈdæʔʔæ]	dakka	done
Template:IPA link	ض	ضمير [dˤɑˈmiːɾ]	damir	emphatic Template:IPAslink
Template:IPAlink	ف	فول [fuːl]	foul	fast
Template:IPAlink	ج	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	gas
Template:IPA link	هـ	هشام [heˈʃæːm]	Hesham	hat
Template:IPA link	ح	حب [ħob]	hob	had, but pharyngeal
Template:IPA link	ى	ياما [ˈjæːmæ]	yama	yes
Template:IPAlink	ك	كوارع [kæˈwæːɾeʕ]	kawarea	skin
Template:IPAlink	ل	لمبه [ˈlɑmbɑ]	lamba	lip
Template:IPAlink	م	مازوره [mɑˈzuːɾɑ]	mazoura	mother
Template:IPAlink	ن	نونو [ˈnuːnu]	nounou	nest
Template:IPAlink^[1]	ق	القاهره [elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]	el Kahera	cap, but uvular
Template:IPA link	ر	راجل [ˈɾɑːɡel]	ragel	American atom
Template:IPAlink	س ث	سوق [suːʔ] ثامر [ˈsæːmeɾ]	souk Thamer	sorry
Template:IPAlink	ص	صباح [sˤɑˈbɑːħ]	Sabah	emphatic Template:IPAslink
Template:IPAlink	ش	شوربه [ˈʃoɾbɑ]	shorba	ship
Template:IPAlink	ت	تف [tæf]	taf	star
Template:IPA link	ط	طارق [ˈtˤɑːɾeʔ]	Tarek	emphatic Template:IPAslink
Template:IPA link	و	وش [weʃ]	wesh	water
Template:IPA link	خ	خريف [xæˈɾiːf]	kharif	loch (Scottish English)
Template:IPA link	غ	غسيل [ɣæˈsiːl]	ghasil	French R
Template:IPAlink	ز ذ	زباله [zeˈbæːlæ]	zebala	zebra
Template:IPAlink	ظ	ظابط [ˈzˤɑːbet]	zabet	emphatic Template:IPAslink
Non-native Consonants^[2]
Template:IPAlink	پ ب	پيتر [ˈpiːteɾ, -tɑɾ]	Peter	spark
Template:IPAlink	ڤ ف	نيڤين [nɪˈviːn, ne-]	Nevin	view
Template:IPAlink	چ ج	چورچ [ʒoɾʒ]	George	vision

Vowels
IPA	Example	Romanization	English approximation
Monophthongs
Template:IPAlink	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	man
Template:IPAlink	لمبه [ˈlɑmbɑ]	lamba	father
Template:IPAlink~Template:IPAlink^[3]	انتى [ˈenti]	enti	sit or set
Template:IPAlink^[3]	انتى [ˈenti]	enti	happy
Template:IPAlink~Template:IPAlink^[4]	انتو [ˈentʊ]	ento	put or more
Template:IPAlink^[4]	نونو [ˈnuːnu]	nounou	food
Template:IPAlink	جمال [ɡæˈmæːl]	Gamal	man
Template:IPAlink	بابا [ˈbɑːbɑ]	baba	father
Template:IPAlink	ليل [leːl]	leil	bay
Template:IPAlink	حبيبى [ħæˈbiːbi]	habibi	need
Template:IPAlink	روح [ɾoːħ]	roh	more
Template:IPAlink	فول [fuːl]	foul	food
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
ew~ow	اوعه [ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]	ewaa

Suprasegmentals
IPA	examples	Explanation
Template:IPAlink	جميل /ɡæˈmiːl/ ("beautiful")	Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
Template:IPAlink	ليل /leːl/ ("night")	Indicates that the preceding vowel is long.

↑ The classicized consonant Template:IPAblink only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.
↑ The phonemes Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink are only found in loanwords and they can be pronounced as Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink 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 Template:IPAblink at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 [ʊ~o] and Template:IPAblink 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.

[:3-1] The classicized consonant Template:IPAblink only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.

[2] The phonemes Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink are only found in loanwords and they can be pronounced as Template:IPAslink, Template:IPAslink and Template:IPAslink respectively depending on the speaker.

[:1-3] 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 Template:IPAblink at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.

[:2-4] 4.0 ^4.1 [ʊ~o] and Template:IPAblink 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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]