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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.

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Consonants
IPA Arabic letter Example RomanizationEnglish approximation
ʔ ء, أ, إ, آ, ؤ, ئ, ق مؤمن
[ˈmoʔmen]
Moamen uh-(ʔ)oh
ʕ ع عين
[ʕeːn]
ein no equivalent
b ب بواب
[bæwˈwæːb]
bawab bike
d د دقه
[ˈdæʔʔæ]
dakka done
dˤ ض ضمير
[dˤɑˈmiːɾ]
damir emphatic /d/
f ف فول
[fuːl]
foul fast
ɡ ج جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
Gamal gas
h هـ هشام
[heˈʃæːm]
Hesham hat
ħ ح حب
[ħob]
hob had, but pharyngeal
j ى ياما
[ˈjæːmæ]
yama yes
k ك كوارع
[kæˈwæːɾeʕ]
kawarea skin
l ل لمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
lamba lip
m م مازوره
[mɑˈzuːɾɑ]
mazoura mother
n ن نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
nounou nest
q[1] ق القاهره
[elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]
el Kahera cap, but uvular
ɾ[2] ر راجل
[ˈɾɑːɡel]
ragel Flapped or rolled R
s س
ث
سوق
[suːʔ]

ثامر
[ˈsæːmeɾ]

souk

Thamer

sorry
sˤ ص صباح
[sˤɑˈbɑːħ]
Sabah emphatic /s/
ʃ ش شوربه
[ˈʃoɾbɑ]
shorba ship
t ت توت
[tuːt]
tout star
tˤ ط طارق
[ˈtˤɑːɾeʔ]
Tarek emphatic /t/
w و وش
[weʃ]
wesh water
x خ خريف
[xæˈɾiːf]
kharif loch (Scottish English)
ɣ غ غسيل
[ɣæˈsiːl]
ghasil French "R"
z ز ذ زباله
[zeˈbæːlæ]
zebala zebra
zˤ ظ ظابط
[ˈzˤɑːbet]
zabet emphatic /z/
Non-native Consonants[3]
p پ ب پيتر
[ˈpiːteɾ, -tɑɾ]
Peter spark
v ڤ ف نيڤين
[nɪˈviːn, ne-]
Nevin view
ʒ چ ج چورچ
[ʒoɾʒ]
George vision
Vowels
IPA Example RomanizationEnglish approximation
Monophthongs
æ جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
Gamal mad (short)
ɑ لمبه
[ˈlɑmbɑ]
lamba father (short)
ɪ~e[4] انتى
[ˈenti]
enti sit or set
i[4] انتى
[ˈenti]
enti need (short)
ʊ~o[5] انتو
[ˈentʊ]
ento put or more
u[5] نونو
[ˈnuːnu]
nounou cool (short)
æː جمال
[ɡæˈmæːl]
Gamal mad (long)
ɑː بابا
[ˈbɑːbɑ]
baba father (long)
eː ليل
[leːl]
leil bay
iː حبيبى
[ħæˈbiːbi]
habibi need (long)
oː روح
[ɾoːħ]
roh more (long)
uː فول
[fuːl]
foul cool (long)
Diphthongs (vowel+glide)
æj أيمن
[ˈʔæjmæn]
Ayman
ɑj مايه
[ˈmɑj.jɑ]
mayya white
æw دوله
[ˈdæwlæ]
dawla
ɑw دوره
[ˈdɑwɾɑ]
dawra
ej ميه
[ˈmej.jæ]
meyya stay
ew~ow اوعه
[ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]
ewaa
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA examples Explanation
ˈ جميل
/ɡæˈmiːl/ ("beautiful")
Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
ː ليل
/leːl/ ("night")
Indicates that the preceding vowel is long.
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