Arabic International Phonetic Alphabet

Arabic International Phonetic Alphabet (Arabic: أبجدية صوتية دولية عربية‎) (AIPA) is a system of Phonetic transcription, based on the Arabic alphabet, to adapt the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to the Arabic script. In addition to equivalence with the symbols of the IPA, IAPA has some additional symbols. It has 186 symbols and 2 fonts have been developed for its use.[1]

Arabic International Phonetic Alphabet
Type
Alphabet
LanguagesUsed for phonetic and phonemic transcription of Arabic language
Parent systems
Arabic alphabet
  • Phonotypic alphabet
    • Arabic International Phonetic Alphabet

Notes and references
  1. Computer Research Institute

Bibliography
  • Mansour M.Alghamdi, « تصميم رموز حاسوبية لتمثل ألفبائية صوتية دولية تعتمد على الأحرف العربية (Design of computer codes to represent the International Phonetic Alphabet in Arabic) », in مجلة جامعة الملك عبد العزيز: العلوم الهندسية (Journal of the University King Abdulaziz: Engineering Sciences), Volume 16, Number 2, pp. 27-64, 2006. 27-64, 2006. (online copy)
  • Computer Research Institute, King Abdulaziz University, Computer Research Institute: Towards a Digital Life, 200?. (online copy)

See also


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