Aleppo Arabic Explained

Aleppo Arabic
Also Known As:Aleppine Arabic
Nativename:Arabic: اللهجة الحلبية
States:Syria
Familycolor:Afroasiatic
Fam2:Semitic
Fam3:Central Semitic
Fam4:Arabic
Fam5:Levantine Arabic
Listclass:hlist
Script:Arabic alphabet
Arabic chat alphabet
Glotto:alep1241
Glottorefname:Aleppo
Iso3comment:(covered by apc)
Iso3:none
Isoexception:dialect
Notice:IPA
Map:Levantine Arabic 2022.svg

Aleppo Arabic or Aleppine Arabic is the urban Arabic variety spoken in the city of Aleppo.

Phonology

Aleppo Arabic is characterised by the usage of /d͡ʒ/ instead of the typical urban /ʒ/ used in Damascus Arabic and in Lebanese Arabic.[1] It agrees with Lebanese Arabic with its usage of medial imāla which often turns /a:/ into /e:/. Also has /t͡ʃ/, which is not typical of urban Levantine dialects.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Versteegh . Kees . Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics . Brill . 9004144730 . v2.494.
  2. Book: Versteegh . Kees . Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics . Brill . 9004144730 . v2.313.