Shihhi Arabic
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Shihhi Arabic (Template:Langx, also known as Shehhi, Khasabi, Musandam Arabic, or Ruʾūs al-Jibāl Arabic) is a variety of Arabic primarily spoken in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and Ras al Khaimah emirate of UAE.[1] It has been suggested that Shihhi Arabic has two main dialect groups, known as "inland" and "coastal".[2] The Al Shehhi, Al Hebsi, Al Dhuhoori and Al Shemaili tribes speak it.
Phonology
Consonants
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- /Template:IPA link/ may be heard as a voiced glottal [[[:Template:IPA link]]] when before voiced consonants.
- The retroflex /Template:IPA link/ may have four different allophones; as a flap [[[:Template:IPA link]]] when in intervocalic positions, as an alveolar [[[:Template:IPA link]]] when before front vowels, or as an alveolar tap or trill [[[:Template:IPA link]], Template:IPA link] when in word-medial position following a consonant.[3]
- In some dialects *ġ has been replaced by a pharyngealized glottal stop [[[:Template:IPA link]]].[4]
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | Template:IPA link Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link Template:IPA link |
| Mid | Template:IPA link | (Template:IPA link) Template:IPA link |
| Open | Template:IPA link Template:IPA link | |
- Short sounds /Template:IPA link, Template:IPA link/ when in unstressed positions are heard as a mid-central [[[:Template:IPA link]]].[3]
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| /i/ [i] | [ɪ] | when in closed syllables |
| /a/ [æ] | [æ] | as the standard relisation, when in neutral environments or open syllables |
| [ɐ] | in closed syllables | |
| [a] | when occurring after a pharyngeal or glottal consonant | |
| [ɑ] | when within the vicinity of the velarized or pharyngealized, or uvular consonants | |
| /o/ [o] | [ɔ], [ʊ] | in free variation |
| /u/ [u] | [ʊ] | in free variation |
| [ɔ] | when preceded by a pharyngeal or velarized consonant | |
| /iː/ [iː] | [ɨː] | when preceded by /q/ |
| [iːᵊ] | offglide, when followed by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
| [ᵊiː] | onglide, when preceded by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
| /eː/ [eː] | [ɘː] | when preceded by /q/ |
| [ɪː] | when preceded by /b/ | |
| [iː] | when preceding or following /j/ | |
| [eːᵊ] | offglide, when followed by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
| [ᵊeː] | onglide, when preceded by a velarized/pharyngealized consonant | |
| /aː/ [æː] | [æː] | when in neutral environments or open syllables |
| [aː] | when after a glottal stop /ʔ/ | |
| [ɑː] | within the position of a velarized/pharyngealized consonant or /ɻ/ consonant | |
| /oː/ [ɔː] | [ɔː] | as the standard realization |
| [oː] | when preceded be a labial, alveolar, or palatal consonant | |
| [ʊː] | when preceded by /ɻ/ | |
| /uː/ [uː] | [ʊː] | in free variation |
| [oː] | within the position of a velarized/pharyngealized consonant |
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Shockley 2024
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- ↑ Shockley, Mark. Ruʾūs al-Jibāl Arabic in Context: A Proposal for an Expanded Typology of Southeastern Arabian Dialects. Journal of Semitic Studies, Volume 69, Issue 1, Spring 2024, Pages 657, https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgad026
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External links
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