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Najdi Arabic

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 24.962309, 45.770789

ISO code: ars

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopbd̪, t̪ɟg, kɢ
trillr
fricativefð, θz, sʃʁ, χʕ, ħh
affricatedʒ, tʃ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pharyngealised series

dentalalveolar
stopt̪ˤ
fricativeðˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Licit initial clusters

CC

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Ingham, Bruce. 1994. Najdi Arabic: Central Arabian. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins Pub. Co.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)