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Cypriot Maronite Arabic

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 35.339044, 33.004077

ISO code: acy

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarpharyngeal
stopptk
trillr
fricativef, vθ, ðsʃ, ʒxʕ
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Diphthongs

/aj/, /aw/

Source: Borg, Alexander. 2006. Cypriot Maronite Arabic. Kees Versteegh (ed.), Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 1. Brill: Leiden; Boston. 536–543.

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