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Iraqi Arabic Dialect
Riham Ghawali
Mr. Imad Jaber
Engl 301A
9th Dec 2013
Reorder of Sounds Rules (Metathesis in Arabic)
According to a synchronic study of Metathesis in Eastern Arabic by Shadia Banjar, Metathesis exists in Arabic language which is a phonological process of transposition of sounds within a word and it involves redistribution of consonants, thus a change of the linear order of the word segments takes place. Also, Arabic dialects differ from Standard Arabic in that they have a reduced and restructured consonant system but more complexity in the vowel system. The rules of syllable structure and accentuation are also different and some inventory vowels in the actual pronunciation of words have been realized in spoken Arabic varieties.
For example the word “Zambalak” in standard Arabic which means spring in English is pronounced in Makkan Arabic which is spoken mainly in the Eastern Arab countries “Zalambak” so in this example the sounds m-l is reordered into l-m.
Here are other examples:-
1. n-t  tn:
Standard Arabic Makkan Arabic English Meaning
Yantafid Yitnafed He shakes
2. n-l  l-n :
Standard Arabic Makkan Arabic English Meaning
Banalti Balanti Penalty
Fanillah Fallinah T-shirt
Fanilya Falinya Vanilla
Yalçan Yinçal Cursed
Laçnah Naçlah Curse
3. Lç  çl:
Standard Arabic Makkan Arabic English Meaning
Milçaqah Miçlaqah Spoon
4. l-t  t-l:
Standard Arabic


Cited: - Banjar, Shadia. "A Synchronic Study of Metathesis in Eastern Arabic." Academia.edu. Academia, n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2013.  Jasim, Tahani Awad, and Khalid Shamkhi Shahran. "Phonological Metathesis in Iraqi Arabic Dialect: A Synchronic Perspective." Journal of College of Languages 1.26 (2013): 15-20. Iasj.net. 2013. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. "Metathesis Everywhere." Jabal AL_lughat. N.p., 3 Feb. 2008. Web. 8 Dec. 2013.
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