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Gulf Arabic (Al-Ahsa)

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 25.413461, 49.720575

ISO code: afb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopbt̪, d̪k, gʔ
trillr
fricativefθ, ðs, zʃχ, ʁħ, ʕh
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl̪

Short pharyngealised series

dentalalveolar
stopt̪ˤ
fricativeðˤsˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentral
closei
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːuː
close-mideːoː
openaː

Diphthongs

/aj/, /aw/

Source: Prochazka, Theodore, Jr. 1988. The spoken Arabic of Abū Thōr in Al-Ḥasa. Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik. 18. 59–76.

Comments: "The vowel _i_ is realized most often as shwa [ə], sometimes is [u] in the vicinity of labial consonants" (p. 60).

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