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Labial
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Bilabial
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Dental
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Retroflex
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Velar
Uvular
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Epi-glottal
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Plosive
  b     t̪ː d̪ː tˁː dˁː             k ɡ ɡː q  
 
 
 
 
ʔ ʔː
 
Nasal
  m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              rˁː            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ ɾˁ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f       s sˁː z zˁː ʃ ʃː ʒ ʒː             χ χː ʁ ʁː ħ ʕ ʕː     h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l lˁː                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Arabic_Moroccan_JK
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic
The languages has 62 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

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

Sources:

Consonants based on LAPSyD:

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.

Vowel system based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Arabic [last download 20.04.2022]