ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAMPA for Arabic</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="SAMPA for Arabic, an ASCII representation of phonetic symbols for Arabic" name=description> <META content="Arabic language, phonetics, pronunciation, speech, SAMPA, IPA, phonetic symbols, phoneme, phonemes, vowel, consonant, semivowel, plosive, fricative, affricate, emphatic, stress" name=keywords> <META content=true name=MSSmartTagsPreventParsing><LINK href="arabic_files/dept.css" type=text/css rel=stylesheet> <STYLE type=text/css>H1 { FONT-SIZE: 300%; COLOR: green } H2 { FONT: 200% arial; COLOR: green } TABLE { WIDTH: 75% } TH { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: verdana; TEXT-ALIGN: left } TD { VERTICAL-ALIGN: top } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H2>SAMPA for</H2> <H1><IMG alt=* src="arabic_files/arabic.jpg">Arabic</H1> <P>This page requires a Unicode-compliant browser that can handle the Arabic alphabet. <!-- Others should use the <a href="http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/.htm">ASCII/ANSI</a> version. --> <P> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="10%"><B>Symbol</B> </TD> <TD width="25%"><B>Keyword</B></TD> <TD width="25%"><B>English gloss</B></TD> <TD width-40%><B>Orthography</B></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TH colSpan=4>Consonants <TR> <TD colSpan=4>Plosives <TR> <TD>b </TD> <TD>ba:b </TD> <TD>door </TD> <TD>('( </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>t </TD> <TD>tis?` </TD> <TD>nine </TD> <TD>*39 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>d </TD> <TD>da:r </TD> <TD>home </TD> <TD>/'1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>t` </TD> <TD>t`a:bi?` </TD> <TD>stamp </TD> <TD>7'(9 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>d` </TD> <TD>d`arab </TD> <TD>he hit </TD> <TD>61( </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>k </TD> <TD>kabi:r </TD> <TD>large </TD> <TD>C(J1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>g </TD> <TD>gami:l </TD> <TD>beautiful </TD> <TD>,EJD <TR> <TD> <TD colSpan=3><SMALL>(in Egyptian pronunciation)</SMALL> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>? </TD> <TD>?akl </TD> <TD>food </TD> <TD>#CD </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>q </TD> <TD>qalb </TD> <TD>heart </TD> <TD>BD( </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>p </TD> <TD>paris </TD> <TD>Paris </TD> <TD>(13 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TD colSpan=4>Fricatives </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>f </TD> <TD>fi:l </TD> <TD>elephant </TD> <TD>AJD </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>v </TD> <TD>nivi:n </TD> <TD>Nevien (personal name) </TD> <TD>FAJF </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>T </TD> <TD>Tala:T </TD> <TD>three </TD> <TD>+D'+ </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>D </TD> <TD>Dakar </TD> <TD>male </TD> <TD>0C1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>D` </TD> <TD>D`ala:m </TD> <TD>darkness </TD> <TD>8D'E </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>s </TD> <TD>sa?`i:d </TD> <TD>happy </TD> <TD>39J/ </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>z </TD> <TD>zami:l </TD> <TD>colleague </TD> <TD>2EJD </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>s` </TD> <TD>s`aGi:r </TD> <TD>small </TD> <TD>5:J1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>S </TD> <TD>Sams </TD> <TD>sun </TD> <TD>4E3 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Z </TD> <TD>Zami:l </TD> <TD>beautiful </TD> <TD>,EJD </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>x </TD> <TD>xit`a:b </TD> <TD>letter </TD> <TD>.7'( </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>G </TD> <TD>Garb </TD> <TD>west </TD> <TD>:1( </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>X\ </TD> <TD>X\ilm </TD> <TD>dream </TD> <TD>-DE </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>?` (?\) </TD> <TD>?`alam </TD> <TD>flag </TD> <TD>9DE </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>h </TD> <TD>hawa:? </TD> <TD>air </TD> <TD>GH'! </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TD colSpan=4><B>Nasals</B> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>m </TD> <TD>ma:l </TD> <TD>money </TD> <TD>E'D </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>n </TD> <TD>nu:r </TD> <TD>light </TD> <TD>FH1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TD colSpan=4><B>Trill</B> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>r </TD> <TD>rima:l </TD> <TD>sand </TD> <TD>1E'D </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TD colSpan=4><B>Lateral</B> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>l </TD> <TD>la: </TD> <TD>no </TD> <TD>D' </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>l` </TD> <TD>?al`l`ah </TD> <TD>God </TD> <TD>'DDG </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp;</TD> <TR> <TD colSpan=4><B>Semivowels</B> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>w </TD> <TD>wa:hid </TD> <TD>one </TD> <TD>H'-/ </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>j </TD> <TD>jawm </TD> <TD>day </TD> <TD>JHE </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=4>&nbsp; <TR> <TH colSpan=4>Vowels </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>i </TD> <TD>D`il </TD> <TD>shadow </TD> <TD>8D </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>a </TD> <TD>X\al </TD> <TD>solution </TD> <TD>-D </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>u </TD> <TD>?`umr </TD> <TD>age </TD> <TD>9E1 </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>i: </TD> <TD>?`i:d </TD> <TD>feast </TD> <TD>9J/ </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>a: </TD> <TD>ma:l </TD> <TD>money </TD> <TD>E'D </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>u: </TD> <TD>fu:l </TD> <TD>beans </TD> <TD>AHD </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <HR> <P><A href="http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/home.htm">SAMPA home page</A>. <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <p>Established on the initiative of the <a href="http://www.orientel.org">OrienTel</a> project.</p> <p>Maintained by <A href="mailto:j.wells@ucl.ac.uk">J.C. Wells</A>. Created 2002 07 26. </SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>