Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Tunisian Arabic
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tunisian Arabic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-aeb }} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
Consonants
IPA
Example
IPA
English approximation
b
ب لونة
[bælːuːnæ]
b oy
d
د ار
[dɑːr]
d uck
ð
ذ اب
[ðɛːb]
th en
dz [a]
دز اير
[d͡zɛːjir]
pads
ʒ
ج الاط
[ʒɛːlɑːtˤ]
visi on
f
ف رشيطة
[fʊrʃiːtˤɑ]
f our
ɡ
ڨ ط
[gætˤu]
g ame
h
ه كاكة
[hækɛːkæ]
h elp
ħ
ح اكم
[ħɑːkɪm]
like h at but further front; Semitic ḥāʾ (ح)
j
ي وم
[juːm]
y es
k
ك لب
[kælb]
sc ar
l
ل بسة
[libsæ]
l ook
m
م را
[mrɑː]
m ole
n
ن ذف
[nðif]
n o
θ
ث لاثة
[θlɛːθæ]
th ing
q
ق ديم
[qdiːm]
like c up but further back; Semitic Qāf (ق)
p [b]
پ يسين
[piːsiːn]
sp at
r
ر اي
[rɑːj]
American at om
s
س قف
[sqæf]
s ow
ʃ
ش ركة
[ʃærkæ]
sh ell
t
ت ياقة
[tiɛːqæ]
st ake
tʃ [a]
تش يشة
[t͡ʃiːʃæ]
ch ew
v [b]
تلڥ زة
[tælvzæ]
v et
w
و ردة
[wærdæ]
w all
χ
بوخ ا
[buːχɑ]
loch (Scottish )
ʁ
مغ رب
[mæʁrɪb]
The same as the French R ; Semitic Ghayn (غ)
z
ز لابية
[zlɛːbiæ]
z oo
ʕ
ع ارصة
[ʕɑːrsˤæ]
German Mutter (some dialects); Semitic Ayin (ع)
ʔ [c]
يسئ ل
[jisʔil]
RP butt on; Semitic Aleph (ا)
Vowels
IPA
Example
IPA
English approximation
ɑ
قارن
[qɑrn]
fa ther
æ
مهزوز
[mæhzuːz]
ba t
ɛː
علاش
[ʕlɛːʃ]
be d
ɪ
ڨد
[gɪd]
bi t
i
فيسع
[fisæʕ]
mee t
iː
ديك
[diːk]
nee d
ɔ
مخ
[mɔχ]
o ff
ʊ
كنتراتو
[kʊntrɑːtuː]
loo k
uː
ماهوش
[mɑhuːʃ]
poo l
^ a b Rarely used, for example tšīša , dzīṛa and dzāyir .[1]
^ a b /p/ and /v/ are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by /b/ , like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla . However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza .[2]
^ Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register , in loans from standard Arabic, often in maṣdar (verbal noun ) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like /jisʔil/ "he asks", though many speakers substitute /ʔ / for /h / in the latter word.[3] [4]
References[ edit ]
^ Ben Farah, A. (2008). "Les affriquées en dialectal tunisien" . Atlas linguistique de Tunisie (in French).
^ Talmoudi, Fathi (1979). The Arabic Dialect of Sûsa (Tunisia) . Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. ISBN 91-7346-079-6 .
^ Gibson, M. (2009). "Tunis Arabic". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics . 4 . pp. 563–71. ISBN 978-90-04-14973-1 .
^ Singer, H. R. (1981). "Zum arabischen Dialekt von Valencia". Oriens (in German). 27–28 (1): 317–323. doi :10.1163/18778372-02702801010 .
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