Ultrasound study of Moroccan Arabic labiovelarization

Chakir Zeroual (1) , John H. Esling (2) , Phil Hoole (3) , Rachid Ridouane (4)

1 Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Taza
2 UVIC - University of Victoria [Canada]
3 IPS - Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing
4 LPP - LPP - Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie - UMR 7018

In this survey, we have provided some acoustic and ultrasound data from two subjects to characterize a secondary articulation generally analyzed as labialization in Moroccan Arabic. Our results show that the so-called labialized consonants are rather labiovelarized. They also show that the vowel [a] adjacent to the labiovelarized consonants is velarized.

Mots clés: labial; Labialization; velarization; ultrasound; Arabic; velar; labial.

Domaines: Linguistique

Chakir Zeroual, John H. Esling, Phil Hoole, Rachid Ridouane. Ultrasound study of Moroccan Arabic labiovelarization. ICPHS 17, 2011, China. pp.2272 - 2275. ⟨halshs-00677143⟩