Algerian syllables

In this article in the base of the list of the Algerian non-borrowed words, there is formed the list of the Algerian syllables. The rule of forming syllable are standard (as in English) and it gives the way of exploring Algerian syllables.

Appendix 6 shows the list of non-borrowed which were found in the previous cycle of articles. The problem of borrowing from the Moroccan dialect is omitted here because of that any Moroccan vocabulary didn’t be found.

The words from the Appendix 1 are true-Algerian because

[zu:j] – 2, [la] – 4, [shi:] – 3, [ya] – 7, [pi:s] – 1, [da] – 4, [Khee] – 1, [Ra] – 7, [Ta] – 5, [Ri:] – 4, [qa] – 3, [ma:] – 2, [li:H] – 2, [va] – 1, [li:] – 5, [za:t] – 1, [ba:z] – 1, [lib] – 1, [HaR] – 1, [lu:b] – 1, [kHal] – 1, [Dam] – 1, [gan] – 1, [Khoo] – 1, [qah] — 1, [wa:] – 4, [Tu:] – 1, [nu:] – 1, [bi:l] – 1, [ba:] – 2, [boR] – 2, [sil] (sil’) – 1, [‘a] – 4, [faR] – 1, [maaj] – 1, [Raa] -2, [ni] – 1, [saq] – 1, [nee] – 3, [an] – 2, [zhee] – 1, [me] – 1, [laam – 1, [meD] – 1, [ghaa] —  3, [meq] – 1, [aR] – 4, [ey] – 1, [ba] – 3, [waa’] —  1, [jib] – 1, [lu:] – 5, [den] – 1, [kool] – 1, [miR] – 1, [faq] – 1, [faa] – 1, [Ragh] – 1, [shwee (wee) – 3 (4), [wel] – 1, [Ha] – 3, [waat] – 1, [wiR] – 1, [amee (mee)] —  1 (2), [kaal] – 1, [gRu (Ru)] – 1 (1), [naad] – 1, [as] – 1, [aas] – 1, [kaa] – 3, [boos] — 1, [tqeel (qeel)] — 1 (1)], [Sa] – 1, [Ha] – 2, [mna] – 2, [dee] – 1, [beet] – 1, [stee (tee)] – 1 (1)), [Raad] – 1, [moos] – 1, [min]- 1 (4), [be’d] – 1 [shwaa] — 1, [Reb] – 1, [bi] – 1, [zaaf] – 1, [be] 1, [laak] – 1, [waa] – 1, [bHee] – 1, [lu] – 1, [seel] – 1, [kthaR] – 1, [mid] – 1, [fa] – 1, [laad] – 1, [Rog] – 1, [sta] – 1, [neef] – 1, [Duk] – 1, [fiRml] – 1, [ma’] – 1, [tchee (chee)] – 1 (1) , [jaay] – 1, [HjaR] – 1, [tas] – 1, [ReeH] – 1, [see] – 1, [ooR] – 1, [kthaR] – 1, [foR] – 1, [soo] – 2, [soo] – 2, [fyoo] – 1, [tilj] – 1, [mugh] – 1, [Raf] – 1, [mu] – 1, [Re] – 1, [Roo] – 1, [bloo] – 1, [kee] — 1, [Roz] – 1, [Roz] – 1, [wa] – 2, [wa] – 1, [qaa] – 1, [wee] – 1, [ba] – 2, [mood] – 1, [me’] – 1, [maKh] – 2, [zan]  — 1, [shaaR] – 1, [skotch] – 1, [laa] – 1, [aks] – 1, [heeh] – 1, [il] – 1, [jaa] – 1, [wab] – 1, [tit] -1, [maR] – 1, [yoon] – 1, [yoon] – 1, [na] – 1, [smaa] – 1, [mshi] – 1, [mshi] – 3, [wuq] – 1, [taah] – 1, [taah] – 1, [mil] – 1, [maRt] — 1, [ma] – 1, [gha] – 1, [lat] – 1, [let] – 1, [eeh] – 1.

This list shows the most common Algerian syllables are: the next. They are selected as the syllables with frequent more than 3 and 3.

La, ta, da, Ra, Ta, Ri:, li:, wa: ‘a, aR, lu: and wi:,

This list of the Algerian syllables shows the most frequent consonant is “l” and vowel is “a”, This list of the syllables will be used in the next articles of the Arabic dialects.

 Appendix 6

Resources,

Algerian words — www. memrise .com

Arabic –www. arabic.britannicaenglish. com

This article was written by Ilya Duchanin.

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