Arabic consonants

1. Arabic consonants

2. Bilabials • Arabic bilabials are / b/ب , /m/ م , /w/ و

3. Labiodental • In Arabic, there is only one labiodental sound which is formed with the upper teeth with the lower lip as in the word “fina’a and the sound is represented by /f/ ف

4. Interdental • The tongue between the upper and the lower teeth. These are the initial sounds in Thawr ثور thalika ذلك They are the sounds of and

5. Alveolar • The front part of the tongue with the alveolar ridge. These sounds are in words like “rashed راشد , Laken لكن , nour نور “ they are the sounds of /r, l, n/

6. Dental • They are the sounds produced by the tongue tip behind the upper front teeth. They are the initials of “taleb طالب tamshi تمشى domiah دمية dabet ضابط saif سيف saber صابر , zaher زاهر

7. Palatal • Front of the tongue with the hard palate • They are the sounds

8. Velar • Back of the tongue against the velum • Velars are found in the beginning of “xadem خادم ghali غالى kamel كامل they are symbolized with /x/ خ , /g/ and /k/ ك

9. Glottal • They are the sounds produced when the glottis is open. The sounds appear in “hunak” هناك , insaanإنسان they are represented by /h/ and /?/

10. Pharyngeal • Pharynx is involved in the production of pharyngeal sounds with the back of the tongue. They appear in words like ‘ddad عداد haddad حداد

11. Uvular • There is only one Arabic consonant uvular sound which is produced by the back of the tongue with the uvular. This is in a word like “qafila” قافلة with the symbol /q/