Re: another silly phonology question

>> Arabic has the pairs /k/ ~ /g/; /t/ ~ /d/, but only /b/, there being
>> no /p/.
>> Ray.
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>If i remember correctly, only Egyptian Arabic has /g/.  The others all
>pronounce that phoneme as /dZ/ or /Z/.
In the Arabic of the Gulf States (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait etc.) the letter 'qaf'
is pronounced and often transcribed as /g/.

eg. 'Cairo is beautiful':
/el qahira gamiila/ (Egyptian Arabic)
/al gahira dZamiila/ (Gulf Arabic)

Jim.