Variety Standard Arabic (Afro-Asiatic)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m mː n nː
Stop b bː tˤ t tˤː tː dː dˤ d dˤː kː k g q qː ʔ
Sibilant affricate dʒ dʒː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s sˤ sˤː sː z zː ʃ ʃː
Non-sibilant fricative f fː v θ θː ð ðː x xː ɣ ħ ħː ʕ h
Approximant l lː j jː
Flap or tap
Trill r rː
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨːlong unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

 
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 wː long voiced labio-velar approximant consonant