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Table 2 Phonetic description of distinctive Arabic sounds

From: An Egyptian patient story: multilingual role in post-stroke aphasia recovery

Symbol

Phonetic description

Arabic script

ħ

Voiceless uvular fricative

Ø­

x

Voiceless pharyngeal fricative

Ø®

S

Voiceless alveolar fricative emphatic

ص

D

Voiced dental fricative emphatic

ض

T

Voiceless dental stop emphatic

Ø·

D Ă°

Voiced interdental fricative emphatic

ظ

Ê•

Voiced pharyngeal fricative emphatic

ع

É£

Voiced velar fricative

غ

q

Voiceless uvular stop emphatic

Ù‚