10.  Arabic script/romanization correspondence table

	The character correspondences between Arabic script and the
LDC romanization of ECA is provided in the table below, along with a
phonetic description of the symbol used.

	LDC correspondence table for Egyptian Colloquial Arabic

Arabic	LDC	Arabic name	Phonetic description

Á	C	hamza		voiceless glottal stop
				(frequently combined with an adjacent alif,
				yA, or wAw "chair" or realized as "madda")
È	b	bA		voiced or voiceless bilabial stop
Ê	t	tA		voiceless dental stop
Ì	g	gIm		voiced velar stop
Ì	j	jIm		voiced alveopalatal affricate
Í	H	HA		voiceless pharyngeal fricative
Î	x	xA		voiceless velar fricative
Ï	d	dAl		voiced dental stop
Ñ	r	rA		voiced alveolar flap
Ò	z	zEn		voiced alveolar fricative
Ð	z	dhAl		voiced alveolar fricative
Ó	s	sIn		voiceless alveolar fricative
Ë	s	thA		voiceless alveolar fricative
Ô	$	$In		voiceless alveopalatal fricative
Õ	S	SAD		voiceless alveolar velarized fricative
Ö	D	DAD		voiced dental velarized stop
×	T	Tah		voiceless dental velarized stop
Ø	Z	Zah		voiced velarized interdental fricative
Ù	c	cEn		voiced pharyngeal fricative
Ú	G	GEn		voiced uvular fricative
á	f	fA		voiceless labio-dental fricative
á	v	vi		voiced labio-dental fricative
â	q	qAf		voiceless pharyngeal stop
ã	k	kAf		voiceless velar stop
ä	l	lAm		voiced alveolar lateral
å	m	mIm		voiced bilabial nasal
æ	n	nUn		voiced alveolar nasal
ç	h	hA		voiceless glottal fricative
è	w	wAw		voiced bilabial continuant
é/ê	y	yA		voiced palatal continuant
				(é- connected only on right or unconnected)
				(ê- connected on both sides or left only)

É	B	tEh marbuta	morphophonemic feminine marker

	a	fatHa		low front unrounded vowel
	i	kasra		high front unrounded vowel
	u	Damma		high back rounded vowel

Ç	A	alif		long a
é/ê	I	yA		long i
è	O	wAw		long back mid rounded vowel
è	U	wAw		long u
é/ê	E	yA		long front mid unrounded vowel

	ay			front upgliding diphthong
	aw			back upgliding diphthong