The Difference Between Arabic and English Consonants

The Difference Between Arabic and English Consonants

Allaith, Zainab A., and R. Malatesha Joshi. “Spelling performance of English consonants among students whose first language is Arabic.” Reading and Writing 24.9 (2011): 1089-1110.

The article reviews the Arabic phonological influence on the pronunciation of the English words. The article strives at unearthing the difference that exists between the Arabic Consonants and the English consonants. The author uses a comparison between grades six and grades four Arabic students with English students. the author uses the spelling test on the following phoneme (/d/ and /t) and phenomes that exist in the Arabic (/b/ and /p/, /f/ and /v/). The findings indicated that Arabic participants achieved similar results as those attained by the English participants on phenomes /d/ and /t/. However, the Arabic participants spelling of the following phenomes /b/, /f/, /v/, and /p/ was affected by their accent. And hence they pronounced the consonants differently compared to English participants. Hence Arabic the article indicates that consonants /b/, /f/, /v/, and /t/ are spelled differently by Arabic compared to English.

Amer, Walid M. “An investigation into the differences between English and Arabic consonant and vowel sounds: a contrastive study with pedagogical implications.” An investigation into the differences between English and Arabic consonant and vowel sounds: a contrastive study with pedagogical implications (2014).

The article sought to investigate the difference that exists between English and Arabic sounds. It shows the place and manner of the pronunciation of the consonants in both the Arabic and English language. The article highlighted the eight articulation places of the consonants; dental, Bilabial, Labiodental, velar, and Glottal in both the Arabic and English language. The article discovered the following differences between the consonants in both languages, for instance, /d/, and /t/ are dental consonants in Arabic but are regarded as alveolar in the English language. However, the difference is unnoticed by the English Arab learners. The other difference postulated by the article is that /v/ does on exist in the Arabic language. Hence, scholars experience enormous difficulties trying to differentiate the following terms /Van/ and /fan/. Some of the consonants are doubled in Arabic; doubling of the consonants does not exist in the English language.

Ashour, Hadeel Mohammad. “Major differences between Arabic and English pronunciation systems: a contrastive analysis study.” AL-Lisan International Journal for Linguistic & Literary Studies 1.1 (2017).

The article sought to investigate to conduct a contrastive investigation of the English and Arabic pronunciations. The article notes that there learning foreign language encounters a significant by the conventional linguistic habits of the native language of the learner. The article highlighted the differences and the similarities of the consonants in English and Arabic language. The results drawn from the article indicated that the Arabic language tends to replace the consonant /p/ with /b/. Arabs tend substitute the English disenfranchised bilabial “stop” /p/ by /b/. The research conducted by the article indicated that the Arabic often mispronounces words such as the “paper”.  The article notes that English pronounced fricative /v/ does not exist in the Arabic language; the consonant is often substituted by /f/. The article is significant to me since it has enlightened me on some of the distinction between Arabic and English consonants.

Barros, Ana Marina, do Val. “Pronunciation difficulties in the consonant system experienced by Arabic speakers when learning English after the age of puberty.” (2015).

The article sought to investigate the challenges experienced by Arabic speakers striving to pronounce various English consonants. The article indicates that the difficulties experienced by the Arabic speakers while pronouncing English consonant suggest that the English consonants are different from the Arabic consonants. The article demonstrates that the research conducted amongst Arabic speakers who have resided in America for over four years. The Arabic participants experienced difficulties while pronouncing the English consonants. For instance, the Arabic participants could not be able to differentiate between the constant /p/ and /b/; they pronounced the term “pat” as “bat”. This indicates that consonant /p/ is different in English and Arabic. I benefit from this article since I can now be able to educate the Arabs as a teacher on how to pronounce the English consonants correctly.

Sabir, Irem, and Nora Alsaeed. “A brief description of consonants in modern standard Arabic.” Linguistics and Literature Studies 2.7 (2014): 185-189.

The article highlights a depiction of the consonants found in Modern Standard Arabic. The study offers valuable information concerning the creation of the Arabic sounds, description and organization of the Arabic sounds and the consonants. Arabic consonants are articulated in varying place as opposed to the English consonants. The articulation of the Arabic consonants in palatal, uvular, and velar are distinct from the English consonants. The velar is voiced after the body of the tongue touches the soft plate, in the English /g/, /k/ are the stops. Example of a velar consonant if the /k/ for instance “book”, this consonant is not present in the Arabic. The research indicated that there exist three English consonants; however, there are only two nasals in the Arabic /m/ and /n/ “soft”, “king”. The article is of considerable significance since the difference in consonant creation in Arabic and English.

Shariq, Mohammed. “Arabic and English Consonants: A Phonetic and Phonological Investigation.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies 6.6 (2015): 146-152.

The article offers a detailed analysis of the English and Arabic consonants. The primary aim of the article is to determine the real pronunciation of the English and Arabic consonants aiding help from a phonological and phonetic tool. The article indicates how the difference between Arabic and English consonants. The pharyngeal (frictionless continuant) refers to the articulation that varies amidst fricative and approximant. The articulation of consonants occurs in pharynx; it is voiced after the root tongue presses against the rear of the throat. This types of consonants are not found in the English language, but they occur naturally on the Arabic language.