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Phonology
IPA phonemes as transliterated in this article:

27 consonants: The voice "Ch" (t͡ʃ) is used in some words in the Algerian dialect like "تشينا" (orange) or "تشاراك"  (A kind of Algerian sweets) but remains rare.
 * The letter Ghayn (غ) is only pronounced /q/ in some Berber loanwords.
 * The letter ݣ is only used in western Algeria, near the Morocco border (especially in Oranie). Elsewhere, it is written ڨ (especially in Kabylia).

6 vowels: 3 long vowels:
 * friend
 * (as in "ski") e.g. قريت  I read, in the past
 * (as in "flu") e.g. تِلِفون  phone

3 short vowels: plus the schwa, which replaces in some positions e.g. انتَ
 * (as in "man"), e.g. سامح forgave,  (as in "men") e.g. قَهوَة, or a shorter version of a as in father , e.g.  my God
 * (as in sit) e.g. هِيَ  she
 * (as in foot) e.g. قُبَّة dome

Arguably, one of the most notable features of Maghrebi Arabic dialects, including Algerian Arabic, is the collapse of short vowels in some positions: Standard Arabic كِتاب Kitab (book) is
 * kalam كَلام (speech) is

Though the loss of short vowels is present in most Arabic dialects, it is significantly more advanced in Maghrebi ones (with Moroccan Arabic being the most advanced of all).

Standard Arabic words containing three syllables are simplified:
 * حَجَرة is.

The Algerian language is particularly rich in uvular, pharyngeal, and pharyngealized ("emphatic") sounds. The uvular and emphatic sounds are generally considered to be q, x and ṣ, ḍ, and ṭ respectively.

Non-emphatic and emphatic  are two entirely separate phonemes, almost never contrasting in related forms of a word.
 * الرَّملة (sand), as in arrive
 * يجري (he runs), as in free

Original splits lexically into  and  in most dialects but  is preserved all the time in all of the big cities such as Algiers, Oran, Constantine, etc. and all of the mountainous regions; for all words, both alternatives exist.

Consonants
In comparison with other Maghrebi Dialects, Algerian Arabic has retained numerous phonetic elements of Classical Arabic lost by its relatives ; indeed there has been significantly less innovation in Algerian Arabic phonology when contrasted against every other Arabic dialect from any native speaking region, with Algerian Arabic retaining all 28 classical Arabic phonemes. This conservatism concerning pronunciation is in contrast to Algerian Arabic grammar which has shifted noticeably. In terms of differences from Classical Arabic, the previous /r/ and /z/ phonemes have developed contrastive glottalized forms and split into /r/ and /rˤ/; and /z/ and /zˤ/. Additionally /q/ from Classical Arabic has split into /q/ and /g/. The phonemes /v/ and /p/ which are not common in Arabic dialects arise almost exclusively from (predominantly French) loanwords

The voiceless "Ch" (t͡ʃ) is used in some words in the Algerian dialect like "تشينا" (orange) or "تشاراك"  (A kind of Algerian sweet) but remains rare.

Dissimmilation
A study of Northwestern Algerian Arabic (specifically around Oran) showed that laterals /l/ or /ɫ/ or the nasal consonant /n/ would be dissimilated into either /n/ in the case of /l/ or /ɫ/; or /l/ or /ɫ/ in the case of n when closely preceding a corresponding lateral or nasal consonant. Thus /zəlzla/ (earthquake) has become /zənzla/, conversely /ld͡ʒənmi/ "mutton" becomes /ld͡ʒəlmi/.

Assimilation
The same study also noted numerous examples of assimilation in Northwestern Algerian Arabic, due to the large consonant clusters created from all of the historical vowel deletion: examples include /dʒəʒ/ "chicken", becoming /ʒəʒ/ and /mliːχ/ "good", becoming /mniːχ/. An example of assimilation that occurs after the short vowel deletion is the historical /dərˤwŭk/ "now" becoming /drˤuːk/ and then being assimilated to /duːk/, illustrating the order in which the rules of Algerian Arabic may operate.

Vowels
The phonemic vowel inventory of Algerian Arabic consists of three long vowels: //, //, and // contrasted with two short vowels: // and /ə/. Algerian Arabic Vowels retains a great deal of features in relation to Classical Arabic Arabic phonology, namely the continued existence of 3 long vowels: //, //, and //, Algerian Arabic also retains the short close back vowel // in speech, however the short equivalents of // and // have fused in modern Algerian Arabic, creating a single phoneme /ə/. Also notable among the differences between Classical Arabic and Algerian Arabic is the deletion of short vowels entirely from open syllables and thus word final positions, which creates a stark distinction between written Classical Arabic, and casually written Algerian Arabic. One point of interest in Algerian Arabic that sets it apart from other conservative Arabic dialects is its preservation of phonemes in (specifically french) loanwords that would otherwise not be found in the language: /Nasal vowel/, /y/, and // are all preserved in French loanwords such as /syʁ/ (sour) or /kɔnɛksiɔ̃/ (connection).





Original splits lexically into  and  in most dialects but  is preserved all the time in all of the big cities such as Algiers, Oran, Constantine, etc. and all of the mountainous regions; for all words, both alternatives exist.