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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Egyptian Arabic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

See Egyptian Arabic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Egyptian Arabic.

The romanization of the examples is the commonly used form in Egypt.

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! colspan="5" | Consonants

IPA

! Arabic letter

! Example

! Romanization

English approximation
{{IPAlink|ʔ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ء}}, {{lang|arz|أ}}, {{lang|arz|إ}}, {{lang|arz|آ}}, {{lang|arz|ؤ}}, {{lang|arz|ئ}}, {{lang|arz|ق}}

| {{lang|arz|مؤمن}}
{{IPA|[ˈmoʔmen]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Moamen}}

| uh-(ʔ)oh

{{IPAlink|ʕ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ع}}

| {{lang|arz|عين}}
{{IPA|[ʕeːn]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|ein}}

| no equivalent

{{IPAlink|b}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ب}}

| {{lang|arz|بواب}}
{{IPA|[bæwˈwæːb]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|bawab}}

| bike

{{IPAlink|d}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|د}}

| {{lang|arz|دقه}}
{{IPA|[ˈdæʔʔæ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|dakka}}

| done

{{IPA link|dˤ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ض}}

| {{lang|arz|ضمير}}
{{IPA|[dˤɑˈmiːr]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|damir}}

| emphatic {{IPAslink|d}}

{{IPAlink|f}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ف}}

| {{lang|arz|فول}}
{{IPA|[fuːl]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|foul}}

| fast

{{IPAlink|ɡ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ج}}

| {{lang|arz|جمال}}
{{IPA|[ɡæˈmæːl]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Gamal}}

| gas

{{IPA link|h}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|هـ}}

| {{lang|arz|هشام}}
{{IPA|[heˈʃæːm]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Hesham}}

| hat

{{IPA link|ħ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ح}}

| {{lang|arz|حب}}
{{IPA|[ħob]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|hob}}

| had, but pharyngeal

{{IPA link|j}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ى}}

| {{lang|arz|ياما}}
{{IPA|[ˈjæːmæ]}}

| :incubator:wt/arz/ياما

| yes

{{IPAlink|k}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ك}}

| {{lang|arz|كوارع}}
{{IPA|[kæˈwæːreʕ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|kawarea}}

| skin

{{IPAlink|l}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ل}}

| {{lang|arz|لمبه}}
{{IPA|[ˈlɑmbɑ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|lamba}}

| lip

{{IPAlink|m}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|م}}

| {{lang|arz|مازوره}}
{{IPA|[mɑˈzuːrɑ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|mazoura}}

| mother

{{IPAlink|n}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ن}}

| {{lang|arz|نونو}}
{{IPA|[ˈnuːnu]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|nounou}}

| nest

{{IPAlink|q}}The classicized consonant {{IPAblink|q}} only occurs in Classical Arabic borrowings and proper nouns.

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ق}}

| {{lang|arz|القاهره}}
{{IPA|[elqɑ(ː)ˈherɑ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|el Kahera}}

| cap, but uvular

{{IPA link|r}}The rhotic consonant is in free variation between a trill {{IPAblink|r}} and a flap {{IPAblink|ɾ}}.

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ر}}

| {{lang|arz|راجل}}
{{IPA|[ˈrɑːɡel]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|ragel}}

| Flapped or rolled R

{{IPAlink|s}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|س}}
{{lang|arz|ث}}

| {{lang|arz|سوق}}
{{IPA|[suːʔ]}}

{{lang|arz|ثامر}}
{{IPA|[ˈsæːmer]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|souk}}

{{Transliteration|arz|Thamer}}

| sorry

{{IPAlink|sˤ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ص}}

| {{lang|arz|صباح}}
{{IPA|[sˤɑˈbɑːħ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Sabah}}

| emphatic {{IPAslink|s}}

{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ش}}

| {{lang|arz|شوربه}}
{{IPA|[ˈʃorbɑ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|shorba}}

| ship

{{IPAlink|t}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ت}}

| {{lang|arz|توت}}
{{IPA|[tuːt]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|tout}}

| star

{{IPA link|tˤ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ط}}

| {{lang|arz|طارق}}
{{IPA|[ˈtˤɑːreʔ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Tarek}}

| emphatic {{IPAslink|t}}

{{IPA link|w}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|و}}

| {{lang|arz|وش}}
{{IPA|[weʃ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|wesh}}

| water

{{IPA link|x}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|خ}}

| {{lang|arz|خريف}}
{{IPA|[xæˈriːf]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|kharif}}

| loch (Scottish English)

{{IPA link|ɣ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|غ}}

| {{lang|arz|غسيل}}
{{IPA|[ɣæˈsiːl]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|ghasil}}

| French "R"

{{IPAlink|z}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ز}} {{lang|arz|ذ}}

| {{lang|arz|زباله}}
{{IPA|[zeˈbæːlæ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|zebala}}

| zebra

{{IPAlink|zˤ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ظ}}

| {{lang|arz|ظابط}}
{{IPA|[ˈzˤɑːbet]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|zabet}}

| emphatic {{IPAslink|z}}

colspan="5" | Non-native ConsonantsThe phonemes {{IPAslink|p}}, {{IPAslink|v}}, and {{IPAslink|ʒ}} are only found in loanwords and they can be pronounced as {{IPAslink|b}}, {{IPAslink|f}}, and {{IPAslink|ʃ}} respectively depending on the speaker.
{{IPAlink|p}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|پ}} {{lang|arz|ب}}

| {{lang|arz|پيتر}}
{{IPA|[ˈpiːter, -tɑr]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Peter}}

| spark

{{IPAlink|v}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|ڤ}} {{lang|arz|ف}}

| {{lang|arz|نيڤين}}
{{IPA|[nɪˈviːn, ne-]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|Nevin}}

| view

{{IPAlink|ʒ}}

| style="font-size: larger" | {{lang|arz|چ}} {{lang|arz|ج}}

| {{lang|arz|چورچ}}
{{IPA|[ʒorʒ]}}

| {{Transliteration|arz|George}}

| vision

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! colspan="4" | Vowels

IPA

! Example

! Romanization

English approximation
colspan="4" | Monophthongs
style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|æ}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|جمال}}
{{IPA|[ɡæˈmæːl]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|Gamal}}

| mad (short)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɑ}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|لمبه}}
{{IPA|[ˈlɑmbɑ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|lamba}}

| father (short)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɪ|ɪ}}~{{IPAlink|e}}{{IPA|[ɪ~e]}} and {{IPA|[i]}} are allophones of the phoneme {{IPA|/i/}}. Word initial and medial {{IPA|/i/}} in stressed syllables typically varies across {{IPA|[ɪ~e]}}, but it is strictly {{IPAblink|i}} at the end of words, in unstressed syllables.

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|انتى}}
{{IPA|[ˈenti]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|enti}}

| sit or set

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|i}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|انتى}}
{{IPA|[ˈenti]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|enti}}

| need (short)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ʊ}}~{{IPAlink|o}}{{IPA|[ʊ~o]}} and {{IPAblink|u}} are allophones of the phoneme {{IPA|/u/}}. Word initial and medial {{IPA|/u/}} in stressed syllables typically varies across {{IPA|[ʊ~o]}}, but it varies {{IPA|[u~ʊ~o]}} in final positions.

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|انتو}}
{{IPA|[ˈentʊ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|ento}}

| put or more

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|u}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|نونو}}
{{IPA|[ˈnuːnu]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|nounou}}

| cool (short)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|æː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|جمال}}
{{IPA|[ɡæˈmæːl]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|Gamal}}

| mad (long)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɑː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|بابا}}
{{IPA|[ˈbɑːbɑ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|baba}}

| father (long)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|eː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|ليل}}
{{IPA|[leːl]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|leil}}

| bay

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|iː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|حبيبى}}
{{IPA|[ħæˈbiːbi]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|habibi}}

| need (long)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|oː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|روح}}
{{IPA|[roːħ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|roh}}

| more (long)

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|uː}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|فول}}
{{IPA|[fuːl]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|foul}}

| cool (long)

colspan="4" | Diphthongs (vowel+glide)
style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|æj}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|أيمن}}
{{IPA|[ˈʔæjmæn]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|Ayman}}

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style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɑj}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|مايه}}
{{IPA|[ˈmɑj.jɑ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|mayya}}

| white

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|æw}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|دوله}}
{{IPA|[ˈdæwlæ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|dawla}}

|

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ɑw}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|دوره}}
{{IPA|[ˈdɑwrɑ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|dawra}}

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style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ej}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|ميه}}
{{IPA|[ˈmej.jæ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|meyya}}

| stay

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA|ew~ow}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{lang|arz|اوعه}}
{{IPA|[ˈ(ʔ)ewʕæ]}}

| style="text-align: center;" | {{Transliteration|arz|ewaa}}

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colspan="4" | Suprasegmentals
IPA

! examples

! colspan="2" | Explanation

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ˈ}}

| {{lang|arz|جميل}}
{{IPA|/ɡæˈmiːl/}} ("beautiful")

| colspan="2" | Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.

style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ː}}

| {{lang|arz|ليل}}
{{IPA|/leːl/}} ("night")

| colspan="2" | Indicates that the preceding vowel is long.

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Notes

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See also

  • {{clc|Pages with Egyptian Arabic IPA|pages}}

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