Help:IPA/Tunisian Arabic

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tunisian 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}}.

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IPA ! Example ! IPA ! English approximation
align="center"|{{IPA link|b}}	{{lang|aeb|Ballûna}}	{{IPA|[balˈluːna]}}	boy
align="center"|{{IPA link|d}}	{{lang|aeb|dâr}}	{{IPA|[daːr]}}	duck
align="center"|{{IPA link|ð}}	{{lang|aeb|ðêb}}	{{IPA|[ðɛːb]}}	then
align="center"|{{IPA link|ðˤ}}	{{lang|aeb|ðgħâhăr}}	{{IPA|[ðˤa:hər]}}	that, but pharyngealised
align="center"|{{IPA link|dz}}{{efn|name=affricate|Rarely used, for example tšīša, dzīṛa and dzāyir.{{cite web |language=fr |url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00593352/document |last=Ben Farah |first=A. |date=2008 |title=Les affriquées en dialectal tunisien |work=Atlas linguistique de Tunisie }}}}	{{lang|aeb|ḑêyăr}}	{{IPA|[ˈd͡zɛːjər]}}	pads
align="center"|{{IPA link|ʒ}}	{{lang|aeb|jĭlâtgħ}}	{{IPA|[ʒɪˈlaːtˤ]}}	vision
align="center"|{{IPA link|f}}	{{lang|aeb|foşîtgħà}}	{{IPA|[fɔrˈʃiːtˤa]}}	four
align="center"|{{IPA link|ɡ}}	{{lang|aeb|gatgħtgħù}}	{{IPA|[gaˈtˤtˤu]}}	game
align="center"|{{IPA link|h}}	{{lang|aeb|hakêkà}}	{{IPA|[haˈkɛːka]}}	help
align="center"|{{IPA link|ħ}}	{{lang|aeb|ħâkăm}}	{{IPA|[ˈħaːkəm]}}	hello, but pharyngeal
align="center"|{{IPA link|j}}	{{lang|aeb|yûm}}	{{IPA|[juːm]}}	yes
align="center"|{{IPA link|k}}	{{lang|aeb|kalb}}	{{IPA|[kalb]}}	scar
align="center"|{{IPA link|l}}	{{lang|aeb|lĭbsà}}	{{IPA|[ˈlɪbsa]}}	look
align="center"|{{IPA link|m}}	{{lang|aeb|mrâ}}	{{IPA|[mra:]}}	mole
align="center"|{{IPA link|n}}	{{lang|aeb|nêb}}	{{IPA|[nɛːb]}}	bin
align="center"|{{IPA link|θ}}	{{lang|aeb|ŧlêŧà}}	{{IPA|[ˈθlɛːθa]}}	thing
align="center"|{{IPA link|q}}	{{lang|aeb|qdîm}}	{{IPA|[qdiːm]}}	cup, but uvular
align="center"|{{IPA link|p}}{{efn|name=pv|{{IPA|/p/}} and {{IPA|/v/}} are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by {{IPA|/b/}}, like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla. However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza.{{cite book |last=Talmoudi |first=Fathi |year=1979 |title=The Arabic Dialect of Sûsa (Tunisia) |location=Göteborg |publisher=Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis |isbn=91-7346-079-6 }}}}	{{lang|aeb|pîsîn}}	{{IPA|[piːˈsiːn]}}	spat
align="center"|{{IPA link|r}}	{{lang|aeb|ray}}	{{IPA|[raj]}}	right (Trilled R)
align="center"|{{IPA link|s}}	{{lang|aeb|sqàf}}	{{IPA|[sqaf]}}	sow
align="center"|{{IPA link|ʃ}}	{{lang|aeb|şàrka}}	{{IPA|[ˈʃarka]}}	shell
align="center"|{{IPA link|t}}	{{lang|aeb|tûba}}	{{IPA|[tu:ba]}}	stake
align="center"|{{IPA link|tʃ}}{{efn|name=affricate}}	{{lang|aeb|çîşa}}	{{IPA|[t͡ʃiːʃa]}}	chew
align="center"|{{IPA link|v}}{{efn|name=pv}}	{{lang|aeb|tàlvza}}	{{IPA|[ˈtalvza]}}	vet
align="center"|{{IPA link|w}}	{{lang|aeb|wàrda}}	{{IPA|[ˈwarda]}}	wall
align="center"|{{IPA link|x}}	{{lang|aeb|ķâtăm}}	{{IPA|[ˈxa:təm]}}	loch (Scottish)
align="center"|{{IPA link|ʁ}}	{{lang|aeb|màğrăb}}	{{IPA|[ˈmaʁrəb]}}	French rouge (Guttural R)
align="center"|{{IPA link|z}}	{{lang|aeb|zlêbyà}}	{{IPA|[ˈzlɛːbja]}}	zoo
align="center"|{{IPA link|ʕ}}	{{lang|aeb|għòrśan}}	{{IPA|[ˈʕɔrsˤa]}}	No equivalent; Standard Arabic 'ayn (ع)
align="center"|{{IPA link|ʔ}}{{efn|Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register, in loans from standard Arabic, often in {{Transliteration|ar|maṣdar}} (verbal noun) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like {{IPA|/jɪsʔɪl/}} "he asks", though many speakers substitute {{IPAslink|ʔ}} for {{IPAslink|h}} in the latter word.{{cite book |last=Gibson |first=M. |year=2009 |chapter=Tunis Arabic |title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics |volume=4 |pages=563–71 |isbn=978-90-04-14973-1 }}{{cite journal |language=de |last=Singer |first=H. R. |year=1981 |title=Zum arabischen Dialekt von Valencia |journal=Oriens |volume=27–28 |issue=1 |pages=317–323 |doi=10.1163/18778372-02702801010 }}‏}}	{{lang|aeb|yĭśăl}}	{{IPA|[ˈjɪsʔəl]}}	The pause in uh-oh!; Cockney button

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class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em" ! colspan="4" | Vowels
IPA ! Example ! IPA ! English approximation
align="center"|{{IPA link|a}}	{{lang|aeb|kab}}	{{IPA|[kab]}}	between cat and father{{efn|Closer to cat in most varieties of British and Irish English, and to father in most varieties of North American, Australian and New Zealand English}}
align="center"|{{IPA link|ɛ}}	{{lang|aeb|għlêş}}	{{IPA|[ʕˈlɛːʃ]}}	bed
align="center"|{{IPA link|ə}}	{{lang|aeb|ðgħâhăr}}	{{IPA|[ðˤa:hər]}}	killer
align="center"|{{IPA link|ɪ}}	{{lang|aeb|gĭd}}	{{IPA|[gɪd]}}	bit
align="center"|{{IPA link|i}}	{{lang|aeb|fìsagħ}}	{{IPA|[ˈfisaʕ]}}	meet
align="center"|{{IPA link|ɔ}}	{{lang|aeb|mòķ}}	{{IPA|[mɔχ]}}	core
align="center"|{{IPA link|u}}	{{lang|aeb|măhûş}}	{{IPA|[məˈhuːʃ]}}	cool

class="wikitable" |+ Suprasegmentals !width="60px"| IPA !! Explanation
align="center"|{{IPA|◌ˤ}}	pharyngealised vowel or consonant
align="center"|{{IPA|◌ː}}	long vowel

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