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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 | 33 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] |
Comments: | |
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 * 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. |