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Palestinian Arabic (Rural)

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 31.968586, 35.361649

ISO code: ajp

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarpharyngealglottal
stopbt, dkʔ
fricativefθ, ðs, zʃx, ɣħ, ʕh
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Short pharyngealised series

bilabialdentalalveolarvelar
stoptˤ, dˤ
trill
fricativeðˤ
nasal
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/aj/, /aw/

Licit initial clusters

CCC

Licit finals

CC (word internally), {ɾˤC, AC} word finally

Source: Shahin, Kimary N. 2008. Palestinian Arabic. Kees Versteegh (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 3. Brill: Leiden; Boston. 526–538.

Comments: A – approximant

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