Anatolian Arabic
Anatolian Arabic | |
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لهجات عربية أناضولية | |
Native to | Turkey |
Native speakers | 520,000 (2014)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | anat1256 |
ELP | Siirti Arabic |
Map of Anatolian Arabic speaking provinces in Turkey as of 1965 census |
Anatolian Arabic encompasses several
Turoyo (the latter in the western dialect area).[3]
The Mardin dialect is mutually intelligible with the Moslawi dialect of Iraq. However, the peripheral varieties in the Siirt, Muş, and Batman provinces near Lake Van are quite divergent.
Hatay, and Mersin provinces.[citation needed] Anatolian Arabic is not mutually intelligible with the Urfa dialect.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Interdental | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||||
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plain | emph. | plain | emph. | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n
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Stop/
Affricate |
voiceless
|
p | t
|
tˤ | t͡ʃ | k | q | ʔ | |||
voiced
|
b | d
|
d͡ʒ | ɡ | |||||||
Fricative
|
voiceless
|
f | θ | s | sˤ | ʃ | x | ħ | h | ||
voiced
|
v* | ð | ðˤ | z | ʒ* | ɣ | ʕ | ||||
Trill | r
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rˤ | |||||||||
Approximant
|
l
|
ɫ
|
j | w |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | eː | ə | oː |
Open | a aː |
- /i, u/ may also be lowered as [ɪ, ʊ] when preceding a back (velar, uvular, pharyngeal, glottal) consonant.[3]
References
- ^ Anatolian Arabic at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
- ^ "Anatolian Arabic". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-11-042168-2.
Further reading
- Grigore, George; Biţună, Gabriel. "Common Features of North Mesopotamian Arabic Dialects Spoken in Turkey (Șirnak, Mardin, Siirt)". Bilim Düşünce ve Sanatta Cizre: Uluslararası Bilim Düşünce ve Sanatta Cizre Sempozyumu Bildirileri.
- Grigore, George (2007). "L'arabe parlé à Mardin – monographie d'un parler arabe "périphérique"" (in French). Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti.
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