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

Consonants
IPA	Example	IPA	English approximation
b	بلونة	[balˈluːna]	boy
d	دار	[daːr]	duck
ð	ذاب	[ðɛːb]	then
ðˤ	ظاهر	[ðˤa:hər]	Standard Arabic ẓā (ظ)
dz^[a]	دزاير	[ˈd͡zɛːjɪr]	pads
ʒ	جالاط	[ʒɪˈlaːtˤ]	vision
f	فرشيطة	[fɔrˈʃiːtˤa]	four
ɡ	ڨطو	[gaˈtˤtˤu]	game
h	هكاكة	[haˈkɛːka]	help
ħ	حاكم	[ˈħaːkəm]	Standard Arabic ḥāʾ (ح)
j	يوم	[juːm]	yes
k	كلب	[kalb]	scar
l	لبسة	[ˈlɪbsa]	look
m	مرا	[mra:]	mole
n	ناب	[nɛːb]	bin
θ	ثلاثة	[ˈθlɛːθa]	thing
q	قديم	[qdiːm]	Standard Arabic qāf (ق)
p^[b]	پيسين	[piːˈsiːn]	spat
r	راي	[raj]	Standard Arabic rāʾ (ر)
s	سقف	[sqaf]	sow
ʃ	شركة	[ˈʃarka]	shell
t	توبة	[tu:ba]	stake
tʃ^[a]	تشيشة	[t͡ʃiːʃa]	chew
v^[b]	تلڥزة	[ˈtalvza]	vet
w	وردة	[ˈwarda]	wall
x	خاتم	[ˈxa:təm]	loch (Scottish)
ʁ	مغرب	[ˈmaʁrəb]	The same as the French R; Standard Arabic ghayn (غ)
z	زلابية	[ˈzlɛːbja]	zoo
ʕ	عرصة	[ˈʕɔrsˤa]	Standard Arabic 'ayn (ع)
ʔ^[c]	يسئل	[ˈjɪsʔəl]	RP button; Standard Arabic hamza (ء)

Vowels
IPA	Example	IPA	English approximation
a	كب	[kab]	gut
ɛ	علاش	[ʕˈlɛːʃ]	bed
ə	ظاهر	[ðˤa:hər]	killer
ɪ	ڨد	[gɪd]	bit
i	فيسع	[ˈfisaʕ]	meet
ɔ	مخ	[mɔχ]	core
u	ماهوش	[məˈhuːʃ]	doom

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Explanation
◌ˤ	pharyngealised vowel or consonant
◌ː	long vowel

Notes

^ ^a ^b Rarely used, for example tšīša, dzīṛa and dzāyir.^[1]
^ ^a ^b /p/ and /v/ are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by /b/, like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla. However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza.^[2]
^ Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register, in loans from standard Arabic, often in maṣdar (verbal noun) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like /jɪsʔɪl/ "he asks", though many speakers substitute /ʔ/ for /h/ in the latter word.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Ben Farah, A. (2008). "Les affriquées en dialectal tunisien". Atlas linguistique de Tunisie (in French).
^ Talmoudi, Fathi (1979). The Arabic Dialect of Sûsa (Tunisia). Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. ISBN 91-7346-079-6.
^ Gibson, M. (2009). "Tunis Arabic". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 4. pp. 563–71. ISBN 978-90-04-14973-1.
^ Singer, H. R. (1981). "Zum arabischen Dialekt von Valencia". Oriens (in German). 27–28 (1): 317–323. doi:10.1163/18778372-02702801010.‏

[affricate-2] Rarely used, for example tšīša, dzīṛa and dzāyir.^[1]

[pv-4] /p/ and /v/ are found in borrowed words and they are usually replaced by /b/, like in ḅāḅūr and ḅāla. However, they are preserved in some words, like pīsīn and talvza.^[2]

[7] Usually dropped but tends to occur in the learned register, in loans from standard Arabic, often in maṣdar (verbal noun) forms at the onset of the word, but also in other words like /jɪsʔɪl/ "he asks", though many speakers substitute /ʔ/ for /h/ in the latter word.^[3]^[4]

[1] Ben Farah, A. (2008). "Les affriquées en dialectal tunisien". Atlas linguistique de Tunisie (in French).

[talmoudi-3] Talmoudi, Fathi (1979). The Arabic Dialect of Sûsa (Tunisia). Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. ISBN 91-7346-079-6.

[gibson-5] Gibson, M. (2009). "Tunis Arabic". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. Vol. 4. pp. 563–71. ISBN 978-90-04-14973-1.

[6] Singer, H. R. (1981). "Zum arabischen Dialekt von Valencia". Oriens (in German). 27–28 (1): 317–323. doi:10.1163/18778372-02702801010.‏

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