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The basic shape of MS is the shared liquids (m, n, l, r, w, y), the begadkefat spirants (b/v, g/ɣ, d/ð, k/x, p/f, t/θ), other fricatives (h, ʕ, ħ, z, s, š), and the "emphatics" (ṣ, ṭ, q, ʔ).
The basic shape of MS is the shared liquids (m, n, l, r, w, y), the begadkefat spirants (b/v, g/ɣ, d/ð, k/x, p/f, t/θ), other fricatives (h, ʕ, ħ, z, s, š), and the "emphatics" (ṣ, ṭ, q, ʔ). Notice that Semitic studies has a long history of romanization which does not precisely map onto IPA.
Middle Semitic sounds consist of 22 consonants and 5 vowels.
Consonants
The basic shape of MS is the shared liquids (m, n, l, r, w, y), the begadkefat spirants (b/v, g/ɣ, d/ð, k/x, p/f, t/θ), other fricatives (h, ʕ, ħ, z, s, š), and the "emphatics" (ṣ, ṭ, q, ʔ). Notice that Semitic studies has a long history of romanization which does not precisely map onto IPA.
Labial
Dental
Alveolar
(Alv)Pal.
Velar
Pharyngeal
Glottal
Nasal
/m/
/n/
Voiced
/b~v/
/d~ð/
/z/
/g~ɣ/
/ʕ~ʁ/
Unvoiced
/p~f/
/t~θ/
/s/
š=/ʃ/
/k~x/
ḥ=/χ~ħ/
/h/
Emphatic
ṭ=/t’~tˤ/
ṣ=/ts~s’/
/q~k’/
/ʔ/
Approx.
/l/
/r~ɾ/
/y/
/w/
The vowels are the basic five common throughout most of the world, without diphthongs.
Front
Center
Back
High
i
u
Middle
e
o
Low
a
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