Grapheme Data for Sudanese Arabic written with Latin script
Source: Hartell, Rhonda, ed., Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO, 1993.
See also Systèmes alphabétiques des langues africaines
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| Grapheme | USV | Phoneme | Status | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <9> | 0039 | /ʕ/ | unknown | 9arabi ‘Arabic’ | Persson orthography |
| <H> | 0048 | /ħ/ | expected | Humaar ‘donkey’ | Persson orthography |
| <aa> | 0061 0061 | /aː/ | expected | raajil ‘man’ | |
| <a> | 0061 | /a/ | expected | arᶁ ‘earth’ | |
| <b> | 0062 | /b/ | expected | baab ‘door’ | |
| <d> | 0064 | /d/ | expected | dagiig ‘flour’ | |
| <ee> | 0065 0065 | /eː/ | expected | beet ‘house’ | |
| <f> | 0066 | /f/ | expected | fajur ‘dawn’ | |
| <gh> | 0067 0068 | /ɣ/ | expected | ghanam ‘goats’ | |
| <g> | 0067 | /g/ | expected | guruush ‘money’ | |
| <h> | 0068 | /h/ | expected | hiduum ‘clothes’ | |
| <ii> | 0069 0069 | /iː/ | expected | dagiig ‘flour’ | |
| <i> | 0069 | /i/ | expected | miliH ‘salt’ | |
| <j> | 006A | /dʒ/ | unknown | jeeran ‘neighbors’ | Persson orthography |
| <kh> | 006B 0068 | /χ/ | expected | khamsa ‘five’ | Hillelson and Persson orthographies |
| <k> | 006B | /k/ | expected | kubri ‘bridge’ | |
| <l> | 006C | /l/ | expected | laban ‘milk’ | |
| <m> | 006D | /m/ | expected | mooya ‘water’ | |
| <n> | 006E | /n/ | expected | naas ‘people’ | |
| <oo> | 006F 006F | /oː/ | expected | mooz ‘bananas’ | |
| <r> | 0072 | /r/ | expected | raajil ‘man’ | |
| <sh> | 0073 0068 | /ʃ/ | expected | sharaab ‘drink’ | |
| <s> | 0073 | /s/ | expected | samak ‘fish’ | |
| <t> | 0074 | /t/ | expected | talaata ‘three’ | |
| <uu> | 0075 0075 | /uː/ | expected | hiduum ‘clothes’ | |
| <u> | 0075 | /u/ | expected | sukaar ‘sugar’ | |
| <v> | 0076 | /v/ | expected | tilivizyoon ‘television’ | Persson othography – occurs only in borrowed words |
| <v> | 0076 | /ʕ/ | unknown | varabi ‘Arabic’ | New Testament orthography |
| <w> | 0077 | /w/ | expected | walad ‘boy’ | |
| <x> | 0078 | /χ/ | unknown | xamsa ‘five’ | New Testament orthography |
| <y> | 0079 | /j/ | expected | yoom ‘day’ | |
| <z> | 007A | /z/ | expected | zool ‘person’ | |
| <ā> | 0101 | /aː/ | unknown | rājil ‘man’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ē> | 0113 | /eː/ | unknown | bēt ‘house’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ī> | 012B | /iː/ | unknown | dagīg ‘flour’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ō> | 014D | /oː/ | unknown | mōz ‘bananas’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ū> | 016B | /uː/ | unknown | hidūm ‘clothes’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ƫ> | 01AB | /tˤ/ | unknown | ƫeer ‘bird’ | Persson orthography |
| <ǧ> | 01E7 | /dʒ/ | expected | ǧeeraan ‘neighbors’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ʼ> | 02BC | /ʔ/ | expected | suʼaal ‘question’ | Not written word initially |
| <ʿ> | 02BF | /ʕ/ | unknown | ʿarabi ‘Arabic’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ᶁ> | 1D81 | /dˤ/ | unknown | ᶁeef ‘guest’ | Persson orthography |
| <ᶊ> | 1D8A | /sˤ/ | unknown | ᶊaabuun ‘soap’ | Persson orthography |
| <ᶎ> | 1D8E | /zˤ/ | unknown | ᶎarif ‘envelope’ | Persson orthography |
| <ḍ> | 1E0D | /dˤ/ | expected | ḍeef ‘guest’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ḥ> | 1E25 | /ħ/ | expected | ḥumaar ‘donkey’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ṣ> | 1E63 | /sˤ/ | expected | ṣaabuun ‘soap’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ṭ> | 1E6D | /tˤ/ | expected | ṭeer ‘bird’ | Hillelson orthography |
| <ẓ> | 1E93 | /zˤ/ | expected | ẓarif ‘envelope’ | Hillelson orthography |