Language/Standard-moroccan-tamazight/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Pronunciation table

Berber-Latin		IRCAM's Tifinagh equivalent	Arabic equivalent	IPA equivalent	Similar English sound
1	A a	ⴰ	أ / ا / َ	æ	"a" like in the English word bad
2	B b	ⴱ	ب	β	like the Spanish intervocalic "b" or "v"
3	C c	ⵛ	ش	ʃ	the English "sh" in ship
4	Č č (tc)	ⵞ	تش	t͡ʃ	the English "ch" in China
5	D d	ⴷ	د / ذ	d or ð	English "d", and English "th" in this
6	Ḍ ḍ	ⴹ	ض	ðˤ	emphatic "d"
7	E e	ⴻ	none	ə	"a" in (unstressed) attack
8	Ɛ ɛ ( â)	ⵄ	ع	ʕ	like Arabic ع `ayn (no English equivalent)
9	F f	ⴼ	ف	f	like the English "f"
10	G g	ⴳ	(گ)	ɡ	"g" like in the words gate or Greek
11	Ǧ ǧ (dj)	ⴵ	(دج)	d͡ʒ	English "j" like in the words joke and James
12	Ɣ ɣ (gh)	ⵖ	غ	ɣ	like "g" in Spanish haga or Southern Dutch gaan
13	H h	ⵀ	هـ	h	"h" like in hello or high
14	Ḥ ḥ	ⵃ	ح	ħ	like in Arabic Muḥammad (no English equivalent)
15	I i	ⵉ	ي / ِ	i	English ee like in sheet
16	J j	ⵊ	ج	ʒ	like in confusion or television, French "j" in déjà vu.
17	K k	ⴽ	(ک)	k	English "k"
18	L l	ⵍ	ل	l or ɫ	non-emphatic "L" (like in German or French)
19	M m	ⵎ	م	m	m
20	N n	ⵏ	ن	n	n
21	Q q	ⵇ	ق	q, qʷ or ɢ	like Arabic ق "qaf" (no English equivalent)
22	R r	ⵔ	ر	r, rˤ	like a Spanish or Italian "r"
23	Ř ř	ⵔ / ⵍ	ر	r ~ l	A very light "R", pronounced like something between "R" and "L".
24	Ṛ ṛ	ⵕ	ر	rˤ	emphatic "r"
25	S s	ⵙ	س	s	s
26	Ṣ ṣ	ⵚ	ص	sˤ	emphatic "s"
27	T t	ⵜ	ت / ث	t or θ	English "t", and/or English "th" in three
28	Ṭ ṭ	ⵟ	ط	tˤ	emphatic "t"
29	U u	ⵓ	و / ُ	ʊ	English "u" like in put
30	W w	ⵡ	وْ	w	English "w" in water
31	X x	ⵅ	خ	χ	Spanish "j", German / Dutch "ch", Arabic "kh"
32	Y y	ⵢ	يْ	j	English "y" like in yes
33	Z z	ⵣ	ز	z	English "z" in zoo
34	Ẓ ẓ	ⵥ	(ژ)	zˤ	emphatic "z"