Template:arabic-dialect-pronunciation/documentation

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This template is for listing different regional pronunciations of the same Arabic word. {{ar-dp}} redirects here.

Usage

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Each country is represented by its international ISO code (the same as Internet TLD). Dialects are sorted geographically, starting from Mauritania and ending in Lebanon, to reflect the closeness of the dialects of contiguous regions.

Dialect Code Dialect Code Dialect Code Dialect Code Dialect Code
Mauritania mr Morocco ma Algeria dz Tunisia tn Libya ly
Egypt eg Sudan su Eritrea er Yemen ye Oman om
Emirates ae Qatar qa Bahrain bh Kuwait kw Saudi Arabia sa
Iraq iq Jordan jo Palestine ps Syria sy Lebanon lb

Example

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{{arabic-dialect-pronunciation
|lb={{IPAchar|/ʔeːbla/}}
|sy={{IPAchar|/ʔaːble/}}
|eg={{IPAchar|/ʔabla/}}
|ly={{IPAchar|/ɡaːbla/}}
|tn={{IPAchar|/qæːblæ/}}
}}

which gives:


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Issues

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Divisions according to countries do not accurately reflect the dialect divisions of Arabic.