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Plosive
   b     t̪ t̪ˁ d̪ d̪ˁ                 k ɡ q  
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Affricates
                   dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m       n̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f           ʃ               χ ʁ ħ ʕ     h  
Sibilant fricatives
         s̪ s̪ˁ z̪ z̪ˁ                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
   l̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Arabic
UPSID number: 4350
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic
The languages has 35 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [b] [t̪ˁ] [d̪ˁ] [t̪] [d̪] [k] [ɡ] [q] [ʔ] [s̪ˁ] [z̪ˁ] [s̪] [z̪] [ʃ] [f] [χ] [ʁ] [ħ] [ʕ] [dʒ] [r] [l̪] [w] [j] [m] [n̪] [ɪ] [iː] [ʊ] [uː] [eː] [oː] [æː] [ä] [h]
Comments:

All consonants can appear geminate. In
colloquial Egyptian (Cairo) Arabic only a few words retain
/q/, including the name of the city.
Sources:

Kennedy, N.M. 1960. Problems of Americans in Mastering the
Pronunciation of Egyptian Arabic. Center for Applied
Linguistics, Washington, D.C.

Mitchell, T.F. 1962. Colloquial Arabic. English
Universities Press, London.

Tomiche, N., 1964. Le Parler Arabe du Caire. Mouton, Paris
and The Hague.