bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | |
stop | b | t̪, d̪ | k, g | q | |||||||
trill | r | ||||||||||
fricative | f | s, z | ʃ | x, ɣ | ħ, ʕ | h | |||||
affricate | tʃ, dʒ | ||||||||||
nasal | m | n | |||||||||
approximant | w | j | |||||||||
lateral approximant | l |
bilabial | dental | alveolar | |
stop | tˤ | ||
fricative | ðˤ | sˤ | |
nasal | mˤ | nˤ | |
lateral approximant | lˤ |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
close-mid | o | ||
mid | ə | ||
open | a |
front | central | back | |
close | iː | uː | |
close-mid | eː | oː | |
open | aː |
CV(ː)(C), CCVː(C), CVCC
Source: Abu-Haidar, Farida. 2006. Baghdad Arabic. Kees Versteegh (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 1. Brill: Leiden; Boston. 222–231.
Comments: Interdentals /θ ð/ and /ʔ/ are retained in borrowings from Standard Arabic. /p v/ occur in loans. /eː/ is sometimes realised as /ie/, which is "more common in the speech of women and men of rural origin". Etymological /aj aw/ were contracted to /eː oː/; status of new diphthongoidal combinations is uncertain.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)