Help:IPA/Egyptian Arabic

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Egyptian Arabic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Egyptian Arabic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Egyptian Arabic.

The romanization of the examples is the commonly used form in Egypt.

Consonants
IPAArabic letterExampleRomanizationEnglish approximation
ʔء, أ, إ, آ, ؤ, ئ, قمؤمن
[ˈmoʔmen]
Moamenuh-(ʔ)oh
ʕععين
[ʕeːn]
einno equivalent
bببواب
[bæwˈwæːb]
bawabbike
dددقه
dæʔʔæ]
dakkadone
ضضمير
[ɑˈmiːɾ]
damiremphatic /d/
fففول
[fuːl]
foulfast
ɡججمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
Gamalgas
hهـهشام
[heˈʃæːm]
Heshamhat
ħححب
[ħob]
hobhad, but pharyngeal
jىياما
jæːmæ]
yamayes
kككوارع
[kæˈwæːɾeʕ]
kawareaskin
lللمبه
lɑmbɑ]
lambalip
mممازوره
[mɑˈzuːɾɑ]
mazouramother
nننونو
nnu]
nounounest
q[1]قالقاهره
[elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]
el Kaheracap, but uvular
ɾ[2]رراجل
ɾɑːɡel]
ragelFlapped or rolled R
sس
ث
سوق
[suːʔ]

ثامر
sæːmeɾ]

souk

Thamer

sorry
صصباح
[ɑˈbɑːħ]
Sabahemphatic /s/
ʃششوربه
ʃoɾbɑ]
shorbaship
tتتوت
[tt]
toutstar
ططارق
ɑːɾeʔ]
Tarekemphatic /t/
wووش
[weʃ]
weshwater
xخخريف
[xæˈɾiːf]
kharifloch (Scottish English)
ɣغغسيل
[ɣæˈsiːl]
ghasilFrench "R"
zز ذزباله
[zeˈbæːlæ]
zebalazebra
ظظابط
ɑːbet]
zabetemphatic /z/
Non-native Consonants[3]
pپ بپيتر
piːteɾ, -tɑɾ]
Peterspark
vڤ فنيڤين
[nɪˈviːn, ne-]
Nevinview
ʒچ جچورچ
[ʒʒ]
Georgevision
Vowels
IPAExampleRomanizationEnglish approximation
Monophthongs
æجمال
æˈmæːl]
Gamalmad
ɑلمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
lambafather
ɪ~e[4]انتى
enti]
entisit or set
i[4]انتى
[ˈenti]
entihappy
ʊ~o[5]انتو
[ˈentʊ]
entoput or more
u[5]نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
nounoufood
æːجمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
Gamalmad
ɑːبابا
[ˈbɑːbɑ]
babafather
ليل
[ll]
leilbay
حبيبى
[ħæˈbbi]
habibineed
روح
ħ]
rohmore
فول
[fl]
foulfood
Diphthongs (vowel+glide)
æjأيمن
[ˈʔæjmæn]
Ayman
ɑjمايه
[ˈmɑj.jɑ]
mayyawhite
æwدوله
[ˈdæwlæ]
dawla
ɑwدوره
[ˈdɑwɾɑ]
dawra
ejميه
[ˈmej.jæ]
meyyastay
ew~owاوعه
[ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]
ewaa
 
Suprasegmentals
IPAexamplesExplanation
ˈجميل
/ɡæˈmiːl/ ("beautiful")
Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
ːليل
/leːl/ ("night")
Indicates that the preceding vowel is long.

Notes

See also