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Letter

Pronunciation
of letter's name

IPA

Pronunciation (approximate)

1

A, a

Ah /ɑː/

ɑ, æ

But - kalb (Egyptian for / EF dog)

1b

Ā, ā

Ah tawila /ɑː tɑwiːlɑ/

ɑː, æː

Car - cat

2

B, b

Bē /beː/

b

Bat

3

C, c

Cē /ʃeː/

ʃ

Shoe

4

D, d

Dē /deː/

d

Delta

5

E, e

Ē /eː/

e

Delta

5b

Ē, ē

Ē tawila /eː tɑwiːlɑ/

eː

Nescafé

6

F, f

Fē /feː/

f

Fountain

7

G, g

Gē /geː/

g

Garden

8

Ğ, ğ

Ğē /ɣeː/

ɣ

Ghāba (EF forest)

9

H, h

Hē /heː/

h

Hat

10

Ħ, ħ

Ħē /ħeː/

ħ

7obb (EF love)

11

Ɛ, ɛ

Ɛē /ʕeː/

ʕ

3arabeyya (EF car)

12

I, i

 /iː/

iː

Wheel

13

J, j†

Jē /ʒeː/

ʒ

Measure

14

K, k

Kē /keː/

k

Kart

15

L, l

Lē /leː/

l

Lemon

16

M, m

Mē /meː/

m

Moon

17

N, n

Nē /neː/

n

Noon

18

O, o

Oh /oː/

o

Odd

18b

Ō, ō

Oh tawila /oː tɑwiːlɑ/

oː

Old

19

P, p†

Pē /peː/

p

Pan

20

Q, q*

Hamza

ʔ

Glottal stop

21

R, r

Rē /reː/

r

Rolled as in Italian or Spanish.

22

S, s

Sē /seː/

s

Sand

23

T, t

Tē /teː/

t

Tin

24

U, u

Oo /uː/

uː

Boot

25

V, v†

Vē /veː/

v

Van

26

W, w

Wē /weː/

w

Wall

27

X, x

Xē /xeː/

x

Khosh (EF enter)

28

Y, y**

Yē /jeː/

j

Yes

29

Z, z

Zē /zeː/

z

Zebra

*

El ħarf da mec benestaɛmelo xāles fe awwel ek kalām; ek kapital betāɛo mawgud bass ɛacān nestaxdemo fe ħālet enn ek kelma kollaha tekun kapital.
This letter is never used in the beginning of a word; the capital form is reserved for use in wholly-capitalized words.

**

Ɛala ɛaks ħarf el Y elli fe-l Engelizi, el Y hena benestaɛmelha bas ka ħarf sābet, mec motaħarrek. Yaɛni zayy el Y el Engelizi elli fe kelmet yes, bas mec zayy Y fe very.
Unlike its English counterpart, The Y letter here is a consonant Y only, it should never be used as a vowel, i.e. as in yes, but not as in very.

†

El ħoruf di fe-l ğāleb betkun mawguda fe-k kalām elli men asl agnabi.
These letters are mostly used in words originating from foreign languages.