| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | |
| stop | b | tʰ, d | kʰ | q | ʔ, ʔ̙ | ||||||
| trill | r | ||||||||||
| fricative | f | θ, ð | s, z | ʃ | x, ɣ | ħ | h | ||||
| affricate | dʒ | ||||||||||
| nasal | m | n | |||||||||
| approximant | w | j | |||||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| dental | alveolar | |
| stop | tˤ, dˤ | |
| fricative | ðˤ | sˤ |
| lateral approximant | lˤ |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| open | a |
| central | |
| open | aː |
/ij/, /aj/, /aw/, /uw/
Ø
CV, CVV, CVC, CVVC, CVCC, CVVCC
Source: Thelwall, Robin.; and Akram M. Sa’adeddin. 1990. Arabic. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 20.37–39.
Comments: “[x] is accompanied by uvular trill” (p. 53). The description of the syllable structure follows Al Tamimi, Yasser A.S.; and Yousef Al Shboul. 2013. Is the phonotactics of the Arabic complex coda sonority-based? Journal of King Saud University – Languages and Translation 25.21–33. doi:10.1016/j.jksult.2012.12.003.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)