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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Saidi Arabic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-aec}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

The romanization of the examples is based on the romanization system used on Wiktionary.

Consonants
IPA	Arabic	Example	Romanization	English approximation
ʔ	ء, أ, إ, ؤ, ئ	سأل	saʼal	uh-(ʔ)oh
ʕ	ع	عين	ʿēn	no equivalent
b	ب	بنت	bint	bike
d	(ذ) د	(ذيل) دب	dubb (dēl)	done
dˤ	(ظ) ض	(ظفر) ضب	ḍabb (ḍifir)	emphatic /d/
dʒ^{^[1]}	ج	جريدة	jarīde	job
f	ف	فيل	fīl	fast
ɡ	ق	قمر	gamar	gas
q^{^[2]}	ق	استقلال	istiglāl {istiqlāl}	no equivalent
h	هـ	هادي	hādi	hat
ħ	ح	حر	ḥarr	no equivalent
j	ي	يد	yadd	yes
k	ك	كلب	kalb	cat
l	ل	لون	lōn	lip (clear l)
ɫ^{^[3]}	ل	الله	allāh	peel (dark l)
m	م	موية	mōya	mother
n	ن	نوم	nōm	nest
r	ر	راس	rās	trilled r
s	(ث) س	(ثابت) سرير	sarīr (sābit)	sorry
sˤ	ص	صبّار	ṣabbār	emphatic /s/
ʃ	ش	شمس	šams	ship
t	(ث) ة ,ت	(ثوب) تمر	tamur (tōb)	star
tˤ	ط	طير	ṭēr	emphatic /t/
w	و	ورقة	warage	water
x	خ	خس	ḵass	loch (Scottish)
ɣ	غ	غريب	ḡarīb	French r but softer
z	(ذ) ز	(ذكي) زمان	zamān (zaki)	zebra
zˤ	ظ	ظرف	ẓarf	emphatic /z/

Vowels
IPA	Example	Romanization	English approximation
Monophthongs
ɑ	فَم	famm	father but shorter
o	حُب	ḥubb	put or like law but shorter (General American)
e	سِر	sirr	sit or set
ɑː	نار	nār	father
uː	نور	nūr	food
oː	صوت	ṣōt	for
iː	مين	mīn	need
eː	بيت	bēt	hair
Diphthongs
aw	دوْري	dawri	how
aj	ليْمون	laymūn	tie

Suprasegmentals
IPA	examples	Explanation
ˈ	يوم /ˈjoːm/ ("day")	Indicates that the following syllable is stressed.
ː	سَكِّينَة [sɑkˈkiːne] ("knife")	Indicates a long vowel or a geminate consonant.

Notes

^ the affricate /d͡ʒ/ ⟨ج⟩ is realised as a [d] by a number of speakers or in a number of words.
^ [q] is an allophone of /ɡ/ ⟨ق⟩ and it only occurs in few phrases and words due to the influence of Modern Standard Arabic.
^ The marginal phoneme /ɫ/ only occurs in the word الله /aɫːaːh/ ('god') and words derived from it, such as يلا /jaɫːa/ "come on", they contrast in والله /waɫːa/ ('i swear') vs. ولَّا /walːa/ ('or').

[:0-1] the affricate /d͡ʒ/ ⟨ج⟩ is realised as a [d] by a number of speakers or in a number of words.

[:_3;-2] [q] is an allophone of /ɡ/ ⟨ق⟩ and it only occurs in few phrases and words due to the influence of Modern Standard Arabic.

[3] The marginal phoneme /ɫ/ only occurs in the word الله /aɫːaːh/ ('god') and words derived from it, such as يلا /jaɫːa/ "come on", they contrast in والله /waɫːa/ ('i swear') vs. ولَّا /walːa/ ('or').

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