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| IPA | Example | IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | Ballûna | [balˈluːna] | boy |
| d | dâr | [daːr] | duck |
| ð | ðêb | [ðɛːb] | then |
| ðˤ | ðgħâhăr | [ðˤa:hər] | that, but pharyngealised |
| dz [a] | ḑêyăr | [ˈd͡zɛːjər] | pads |
| ʒ | jĭlâtgħ | [ʒɪˈlaːtˤ] | vision |
| f | foşîtgħà | [fɔrˈʃiːtˤa] | four |
| ɡ | gatgħtgħù | [gaˈtˤtˤu] | game |
| h | hakêkà | [haˈkɛːka] | help |
| ħ | ħâkăm | [ˈħaːkəm] | hello, but pharyngeal |
| j | yûm | [juːm] | yes |
| k | kalb | [kalb] | scar |
| l | lĭbsà | [ˈlɪbsa] | look |
| m | mrâ | [mra:] | mole |
| n | nêb | [nɛːb] | bin |
| θ | ŧlêŧà | [ˈθlɛːθa] | thing |
| q | qdîm | [qdiːm] | cup, but uvular |
| p [b] | pîsîn | [piːˈsiːn] | spat |
| r | ray | [raj] | right ( Trilled R) |
| s | sqàf | [sqaf] | sow |
| ʃ | şàrka | [ˈʃarka] | shell |
| t | tûba | [tu:ba] | stake |
| tʃ [a] | çîşa | [t͡ʃiːʃa] | chew |
| v [b] | tàlvza | [ˈtalvza] | vet |
| w | wàrda | [ˈwarda] | wall |
| x | ķâtăm | [ˈxa:təm] | loch ( Scottish) |
| ʁ | màğrăb | [ˈmaʁrəb] | French rouge ( Guttural R) |
| z | zlêbyà | [ˈzlɛːbja] | zoo |
| ʕ | għòrśan | [ˈʕɔrsˤa] | No equivalent; Standard Arabic 'ayn (ع) |
| ʔ [c] | yĭśăl | [ˈjɪsʔəl] | The pause in uh-oh!; Cockney button |
| IPA | Example | IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | kab | [kab] | gut |
| ɛ | għlêş | [ʕˈlɛːʃ] | bed |
| ə | ðgħâhăr | [ðˤa:hər] | killer |
| ɪ | gĭd | [gɪd] | bit |
| i | fìsagħ | [ˈfisaʕ] | meet |
| ɔ | mòķ | [mɔχ] | core |
| u | măhûş | [məˈhuːʃ] | doom |
| IPA | Explanation |
|---|---|
| ◌ˤ | pharyngealised vowel or consonant |
| ◌ː | long vowel |
- ^ a b Rarely used, for example tšīša, dzīṛa and dzāyir. [1]
- ^ a b /p/ and /v/ are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by /b/, like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla. However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza. [2]
- ^ Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register, in loans from standard Arabic, often in maṣdar ( verbal noun) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like /jɪsʔɪl/ "he asks", though many speakers substitute / ʔ/ for / h/ in the latter word. [3] [4]
- ^ Ben Farah, A. (2008). "Les affriquées en dialectal tunisien". Atlas linguistique de Tunisie (in French).
- ^ Talmoudi, Fathi (1979). The Arabic Dialect of Sûsa (Tunisia). Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. ISBN 91-7346-079-6.
- ^ Gibson, M. (2009). "Tunis Arabic". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 4. pp. 563–71. ISBN 978-90-04-14973-1.
- ^ Singer, H. R. (1981). "Zum arabischen Dialekt von Valencia". Oriens (in German). 27–28 (1): 317–323. doi: 10.1163/18778372-02702801010.