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The romanization of the examples is based on the romanization system used on Wiktionary.
See Hejazi Arabic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Urban Hejazi Arabic.
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| Consonants |
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| IPA |
Arabic letter |
Example |
Romanization | English approximation |
| ʔ |
ء, أ, إ, ؤ, ئ |
سَأَل |
saʔal |
uh-(ʔ)oh |
| ʕ |
ع |
عين |
ʕēn |
no equivalent |
| b |
ب |
بِسَّة |
bissa |
bike |
| d |
د
ذ[1] |
دُب
(ذيل) |
dubb (dēl or ḏēl) |
done |
| dˤ |
ض
ظ[2] |
ضَب
(ظِفِر) |
ḍabb (ḍifir or ẓifir) |
emphatic /d/ |
| dʒ[3] |
ج |
جَريدة |
jarīda |
job or vision |
| ð |
ذ[1] |
ذَكَر |
ḏakar or dakar |
this |
| f |
ف |
فين |
fēn |
fast |
| ɡ |
ق |
قَمَر |
gamar |
gas |
| q[4] |
اِسْتِقْلال |
istiglāl or istiqlāl |
cat, but uvular |
| h |
هـ |
هادي |
hādi |
hat |
| ħ |
ح |
حَر |
ḥarr |
hat, but pharyngeal |
| j |
ي |
يَد |
yadd |
yes |
| k |
ك |
كَلْب |
kalb |
cat |
| l |
ل |
لون |
lōn |
lip (clear l) |
| ɫ[5] |
الله |
allāh |
peel (dark l) |
| m |
م |
موية |
mōya |
mother |
| n[6] |
ن |
نوم |
nōm |
nest |
| θ |
ث[7] |
ثَوَاب |
ṯawāb or tawāb |
think |
| r[8] |
ر |
راس |
rās |
trilled r or atom (with flapping) |
| s |
س
ث[7] |
سَرير
(ثابِت) |
sarīr (sābit or ṯābit) |
sorry |
| sˤ |
ص |
صَبّار |
ṣabbār |
emphatic /s/ |
| ʃ |
ش |
شَمْس |
šams |
ship |
| t |
ت
ث[7] |
تَمُر
(ثوب) |
tamur (tōb or ṯōb) |
star |
| tˤ |
ط |
طير |
ṭēr |
emphatic /t/ |
| w |
و |
وَرَقة |
waraga |
water |
| x |
خ |
خَس |
ḵass |
loch (Scottish) |
| ɣ |
غ |
غَريب |
ḡarīb |
French r but softer |
| z |
ز
ذ[1] |
زِر
(ذَكي) |
zirr (zaki or ḏaki) |
zebra |
| zˤ |
ظ[2] |
ظَرْف |
ẓarf |
emphatic /z/ |
| ðˤ |
ظِل |
ḍill or ẓill |
emphatic /ð/ |
| Non-native Consonants[9] |
| p |
پ, ب |
پيتزا or بيتزا |
pītza or bītza |
put |
| v |
ڤ, ف |
ڤيروس or فيروس |
vayrūs or fayrūs |
view |
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| Vowels |
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| IPA |
Example |
Romanization | English approximation |
| Monophthongs |
| a |
فَم |
famm |
cat |
| ʊ |
حُب[10] |
ḥubb |
put or more (short) |
| u |
قَبُو |
gabu |
cool (short) |
| ɪ |
سِر[11] |
sirr |
sit (or like set) |
| i |
مَدْرِي |
madri |
need (short) |
| aː[12] |
نار |
nār |
father |
| uː |
نور |
nūr |
cool (long) |
| oː |
صوت |
ṣōt |
more (long) |
| iː |
مين |
mīn |
need (long) |
| eː |
بيت |
bēt |
hair |
| Diphthongs |
| aw |
دَوْري |
dawri |
how |
| aj |
لَيْمون |
laymūn |
tie |
| iw |
تِوْقَف |
tiwgaf |
goat (RP) |
| ij |
بِيْقول |
biygūl |
hey |
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