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The imitated pronunciation should be read as if it were English, bearing in mind that the emphatic consonants (represented by capitals) indicate more a vowel volume than a separate sound.
| Transcription | Phonetic Description | Approximate in English |
| b | voiced labial stop | b |
| d | voiced alveolar stop | d |
| d | emphatic voiced alveolar stop | does not exist (similar Don) |
| f | voiceless labio-dental fricative | f |
| h | voiceless glottal fricative | h |
| h | voiceless pharyngeal fricative | does not exist |
| j | voiced palato-alveolar fricative | j (as in jelly) |
| k | voiceless velar stop | k |
| l | alveolar lateral | l |
| m | bilabial nasal | m |
| n | alveolar nasal | n |
| q | uvular stop | does not exist |
| r | alveolar trill | r |
| s | voiceless alveolar fricative | s |
| s | emphatic voiceless alveolar fricative | does not exist (similar to Sahara) |
| t | voiceless dental fricative | t |
| t | emphatic voiceless alveolar stop | does not exist (similar to Tokyo) |
| z | voiced alveolar fricative | z |
| z | emphatic voiced alveolar fricative | dh or z (depends on region) |
| ' | glottal stop | vocalic stop |
| ` | voiced pharyngeal fricative | does not exist |
| sh | voiceless palato-alveolar fricative | sh (as in ‘shoes’) |
| th | voiceless dental fricative | th (as in ‘there’) |
| dh | voiced dental fricative | th (as in ‘there’) |
| kh | voiceless velar fricative | kh (does not exist) |
| gh | voiced velar fricative | gh (does not exist) |
| y | palatal glide | y (as in ‘yellow’) |
| w | bilabial approximant | w (as in ‘wall’) |
Vowels: there are three basic short vowels in Arabic and three long ones. These are
| Vowel | Phonetic description | English equivalent |
| a | short low back vowel | as in 'Amestrdam' |
| aa | long low back vowel | as in'far' |
| i | short high front vowel | as in 'inside' |
| ii | long high front vowel | as in 'clean' |
| u | short high back vowel | as in 'to go' |
| uu | long high back vowel | as in 'noon' |
