Phonology of Arabic Language: Inventory, Processes and Theories

LG404 PHONOLOGY

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
SECTION 1.....................................................................................................................................4
Background information..............................................................................................................4
SECTION 2.....................................................................................................................................5
Consonant chart...........................................................................................................................5
SECTION 3.....................................................................................................................................5
Vowel chart..................................................................................................................................5
SECTION 4.....................................................................................................................................5
Language contrastive length on Vowel and consonants..............................................................5
Syllable shapes, onset obligatory, combinatorial restrictions......................................................6
Arabic language allows................................................................................................................6
Diphthongs does the language have............................................................................................7
Are there any restrictions on CV or VC sequences and vowels occur freely with all consonant7
SECTION 5.....................................................................................................................................7
Phonological processes and analysis based on phonological theories........................................7
Critical understanding of language's phonology, classifying processes into groups and
organizing in presentation............................................................................................................9
"Positional neutralisations", "Consonant-vowel interaction ,"Syllable-conditioned
alternations", and "Morphologically conditioned phonology",................................................10
Discussion of phonological processes.......................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
RFERENCES.................................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTION
Phonology can be analysed as study of speech sounds within language, governing aspects
related with composition and combination of speech sounds in language. The recent research will
develop in depth analysis of phonology, where description of phonemes in IPA form with
description related to Arabic language will be used on. Research will present insightful,
comprehensive overview of inventory in sounds, word prosody and analysis of phonological

procedures diversely. It will also analyse issues of language, patterns which are interesting
complex and stringently crucial. Recent findings on phonology, will specifically shed light on
phonology in Arabic language where analysis will be also done in depth about phonological
aspects.
SECTION 1
Background information
Arabic language has background of aroun 1000 years which has been found to be
originated from Arabian Peninsula and was first spoken by nomadic tribes within place. It is
member of family in Semitic language, where it holds huge significant crucial history which rose
from inter- marriage between Arabs and native people group. Literature as Proto Semitic can be
known as language that has been descended in Arabic, such that Afro-Asiatic group of world
languages place relationship in Arabic firmly (Vogel, 2021).
After rise of Islam In Hejaz, language and Arab culture has been spread outside Arabian
Peninsular through intermarriage, conquest and trade between the members of the non-Arab
local population that are living in the peninsular Arabs. Phonetics is branch of linguistics where
human produce and perceiving impact of sounds is done, based on significant sign languages,
equivalent aspects in sign forms. Modern and standard Arabic language consists of 6 vowel
phonemes, 8, 10 vowels within modern dialects or 28 consonant phonemes. The phonemes
contrast between emphatic consonants are significant to critically analyse in depth meaning
within language. Language has specific historical influence, where cultural significant
parameters are involved based on photonics. It has in depth historical influence, where cultural
pace and informative language used among people has found to have authentic meaning
competently (Šaumjan, 2021).
SECTION 2
Consonant chart
The Arabic language constants have 18 consonants between Arabic and English such as
d, b, t, j, f, z, ʃ, h, l, m, n, w, r and y. Allophones are kind of phoneme, where changes sounds
are based on words which are spelled. Observations on phonetic realizations of consonants,
where specific changes further plays keen role for determining new changes within literature. It
is context specific observations based on phonetic realizations within consonants, which
specifies based on significant aspects connected to determined paradigms. There are

asymmetries which are explained, where sounds are usual based on consonant inventories within
historical language. While analysing language specifically, it can be also analysed that literature
further enhances specific efficiency standards set within literature potential frameworks
(Anderson, 2021). It specifies extensive focus on fact that there will be specific aspect worked
on, for extensive scale rise based on connected cultural language ethnicity.
SECTION 3
Vowel chart
Allophones are kind of phoneme that changes sound based on words which are spelled,
where it is allophone for another same phoneme which leads to different words. It has significant
aspects concerned, based on allophones where vowels are reduced in stressed syllables, based on
individual words. Arabic language ha cross- linguistic context where some sounds are unusual
and there are gaps in asymmetries where this specifies specific efficacy connected to develop
optimum rise. Also language effective utilisation, on further extended technical goals are
correlated to develop potential usage for extended determined specifics based on leveraged
parameters within longer time frame.
SECTION 4
Language contrastive length on Vowel and consonants
Arabic is considered as worldwide language with around 27 sub language and varieties of
these language are being spoken across the Arabic. Consonant can be classified into two voice
and voiceless as Arabic have around twenty eight consonants such as two semi- vowels, 6
vowels that is 3 long vowels and 3 short vowels. Likewise, the standard Arabic language have
around 36 phonemes, out of which six are vowels such as ɪ i ә a ʊ u, 28 are consonants such as b
t d k ʒ q l m n f θ ð s Ṣ z ʃ x ɣ ḥ h r ς ŧ đ ∂ ʡ. Moreover, it can be stated that Aa, ii and uu are
long vowels in Arabic language that are being written through making use of three letter in
Arabic alphabet. Hence, the language has contrastive length on vowels and consonants
(Bermúdez-Otero, 2017).
Syllable shapes, onset obligatory, combinatorial restrictions
In the modern standard Arabic, the consonant clusters are not permitted in the syllable initial
position likewise a word [Xalfa] behind" the intervocalic consonants have two different syllables
such as CVC$CV. CV, CVC and CVV are three underlying syllables in MSA and two CVVC