Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "While many languages have numerous dialects that differ in phonology, the contemporary spoken Arabic language is more properly described as a continuum of varieties. This article deals primarily with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is the standard variety shared by educated speakers throughout Arabic-speaking regions. MSA is used in writing in formal print media and orally in newscasts, speeches and formal declarations of numerous types.Modern Standard Arabic has 28 consonant phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes. Consonant phonemes contrast between \"emphatic\" (uvularized) consonants and non-emphatic ones. Some of these phonemes have coalesced in the various modern dialects, while new phonemes have been introduced through borrowing or phonemic splits. A \"phonemic quality of length\" applies to consonants as well as vowels."@en }
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- Arabic_phonology abstract "While many languages have numerous dialects that differ in phonology, the contemporary spoken Arabic language is more properly described as a continuum of varieties. This article deals primarily with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is the standard variety shared by educated speakers throughout Arabic-speaking regions. MSA is used in writing in formal print media and orally in newscasts, speeches and formal declarations of numerous types.Modern Standard Arabic has 28 consonant phonemes and 6 vowel phonemes. Consonant phonemes contrast between \"emphatic\" (uvularized) consonants and non-emphatic ones. Some of these phonemes have coalesced in the various modern dialects, while new phonemes have been introduced through borrowing or phonemic splits. A \"phonemic quality of length\" applies to consonants as well as vowels.".