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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
   b   bː           t   tˁː   tː   tˤ   d   dˁ   dˁː   dː               k   kː     q   qː    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ   ʔ:  
 
Affricates
                   dʒ   dʒː                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m   mː             n   nː                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r   rː              
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f   fː     θ   θː   ð   ðˁ   ðˁ:   ðː   s   sˁ   sˁː   sː   z   zː   ʃ   ʃː                 χ   χː   ʁ   ʁː   ħ   ħː   ʕ   ʕː       h   hː    
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                               w   wː                  
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
   l̪   l̪ː                          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Use base consonants only

      CC, onset

      CC, onset (ordered by sonority)

      CC, coda

      CC, coda (ordered by sonority)

      CCC, onset

      CCC, onset (ordered by sonority)

      CCC, coda

      CCC, coda (ordered by sonority)

      CCCC, onset

      CCCC, onset (ordered by sonority)

      CCCC, coda

      CCCC, coda (ordered by sonority)

      CCCCC, onset

      CCCCC, onset (ordered by sonority)

      CCCCC, coda

      CCCCC, coda (ordered by sonority)

Selected languages: Arabic_Modern Standard Arabic
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic
The languages has 60 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [b] [t] [d] [tˤ] [dˁ] [k] [sˁ] [q] [ʔ] [θ] [ð] [s] [ðˁ] [ʃ] [f] [χ] [ʁ] [ħ] [ʕ] [dʒ] [r] [l̪] [w] [m] [n] [i] [iː] [u] [uː] [äː] [ä] [h] [z] [bː] [tː] [dː] [kː] [qː] [dʒː] [mː] [nː] [rː] [fː] [sˁː] [sː] [zː] [ʃː] [χː] [ʁː] [ħː] [ʕː] [hː] [wː] [l̪ː] [ʔ:] [tˁː] [dˁː] [θː] [ðː] [ðˁ:]
Comments:

JK/PW: The Arabic sound inventory and consonant clusters were checked with the help of Emil Lundin and Mahmut Agbaht.

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JK/PW: All consonants seem to occur as geminates in Arabic. They can occur across syllable boundaries within a word (indicated by the filled onset position in the consonant table). They can also occur at the end of a word before a pause; this is indicated by filling the coda poistion when "View positions" is on in L1-L2map.

Sources:

Implementation based on:
Al Tamimi, Y.A.S. & Al Shboul, Y. (2013). Is the phonotactics of the Arabic complex coda sonority-based?. J. of King Saud University - Languages and Translation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jksult.2012.12.003

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Other 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.