Anatolian Arabic, the Glossary
Anatolian Arabic encompasses several qeltu varieties of Arabic spoken in the Turkish provinces of Mardin, Siirt, Batman, Diyarbakır, and Muş, a subset of North Mesopotamian Arabic.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Adana, Affricate, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Arabic alphabet, Şanlıurfa Province, Back vowel, Batman Province, Central Semitic languages, Central vowel, Close vowel, Dental consonant, Dental fricative, Diyarbakır Province, Emphatic consonant, Fricative, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Hatay Province, Labial consonant, Mardin, Mardin Province, Mersin, Mesopotamian Arabic, Mhallami, Mid vowel, Muş Province, Nasal consonant, North Levantine Arabic, North Mesopotamian Arabic, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Pharyngeal consonant, Plosive, Semitic languages, Siirt Province, Sunni Islam, Trill consonant, Turkey, Turoyo language, Uvular consonant, Varieties of Arabic, Velar consonant, Voice (phonetics), Voicelessness, West Semitic languages.
- North Mesopotamian Arabic
Adana
Adana is a large city in southern Turkey.
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Affricate
An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).
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Alveolar consonant
Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.
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Approximant
Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.
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Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet (الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة, or الْحُرُوف الْعَرَبِيَّة), or Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language.
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Şanlıurfa Province
Şanlıurfa Province (Şanlıurfa ili; Parêzgeha Rihayê), also known as Urfa Province, is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey.
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Back vowel
A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.
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Batman Province
Batman Province (Batman ili, Parêzgeha Êlihê; Բատմանի զավառ) is a province in Turkey.
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Central Semitic languages
Central Semitic languages are one of the three groups of West Semitic languages, alongside Modern South Arabian languages and Ethiopian Semitic languages.
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Central vowel
A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
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Close vowel
A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.
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Dental consonant
A dental consonant is a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, such as,. In some languages, dentals are distinguished from other groups, such as alveolar consonants, in which the tongue contacts the gum ridge.
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Dental fricative
The dental fricative or interdental fricative is a fricative consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue against the teeth.
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Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province (Diyarbakır ili, Zazaki: Suke Diyarbekır Parêzgeha Amedê) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey.
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Emphatic consonant
In Semitic linguistics, an emphatic consonant is an obstruent consonant which originally contrasted, and often still contrasts, with an analogous voiced or voiceless obstruent by means of a secondary articulation.
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Fricative
A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.
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Front vowel
A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.
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Glottal consonant
Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.
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Hatay Province
Hatay Province (Hatay ili,, translit) is the southernmost province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey.
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Labial consonant
Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.
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Mardin
Mardin (Mêrdîn; ماردين; Merdīn; Մարդին) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey.
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Mardin Province
Mardin Province (Mardin ili; Parêzgeha Mêrdîn; محافظة ماردين) is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey.
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Mersin
Mersin is a large city and port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Türkiye.
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Mesopotamian Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic (لهجة بلاد ما بين النهرين), also known as Iraqi Arabic (اللهجة العراقية), is a group of varieties of Arabic spoken in the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq, as well as in Syria, southeastern Turkey, Iran, Kuwait and Iraqi diaspora communities.
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Mhallami
The Mhallami, Mahallami, or Mardelli (Al-Mḥallamiye; Mihellemî; Mḥallmāye; Mıhellemi) is an Arabic-speaking tribal ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.
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Mid vowel
A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.
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Muş Province
Muş Province (Muş ili; Mushi marz; Parêzgeha Mûşê is a province in the east Anatolia region of Turkey (Türkiye). Its area is 8,718 km2, and its population is 399,202 (2022), down from 453,654 in 2000. The provincial capital is the city of Muş. Another town in Muş province, Malazgirt (Manzikert), is famous for the Battle of Manzikert of 1071.
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Nasal consonant
In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.
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North Levantine Arabic
North Levantine Arabic (al-lahja š-šāmiyya š-šamāliyya, North Levantine) was defined in the ISO 639-3 international standard for language codes as a distinct Arabic variety, under the apc code. Anatolian Arabic and North Levantine Arabic are Arabic language stubs and languages of Turkey.
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North Mesopotamian Arabic
North Mesopotamian Arabic, also known as Moslawi (meaning 'of Mosul'), Mardelli (meaning 'of Mardin'), Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic, or Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic, is one of the two main varieties of Mesopotamian Arabic, together with Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic. Anatolian Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic are Arabic language stubs and languages of Turkey.
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Open vowel
An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
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Palatal consonant
Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).
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Pharyngeal consonant
A pharyngeal consonant is a consonant that is articulated primarily in the pharynx.
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Plosive
In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.
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Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.
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Siirt Province
Siirt Province, (Siirt ili, Parêzgeha Sêrtê; Սղերդ զավառ) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
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Trill consonant
In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the active articulator and passive articulator.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
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Turoyo language
Turoyo (ܛܘܪܝܐ), also referred to as Surayt (ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo (ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken in the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and in northern Syria. Anatolian Arabic and Turoyo language are languages of Turkey.
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Uvular consonant
Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants.
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Varieties of Arabic
Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively.
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Velar consonant
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").
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Voice (phonetics)
Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).
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Voicelessness
In linguistics, voicelessness is the property of sounds being pronounced without the larynx vibrating.
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West Semitic languages
The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping of ancient Semitic languages.
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See also
North Mesopotamian Arabic
- Anatolian Arabic
- Baghdad Jewish Arabic
- North Mesopotamian Arabic
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolian_Arabic
Also known as Siirti Arabic, Spoken Arabic of Siirt.