Al-Ahsa Dialect :: Hasawi Dialect

1. INTRODUCTION. Hasawi is a intermixture of Arabic whose roots refer to the family of Central Semitic Languages much(prenominal)(prenominal) as Hebrew and Aramaic. The Hasawi set phrase is spoken in the eastern subroutine of Saudi-Arabian Arabia, exactly in Al-Ahsa (Al-Hasaa) province. thitherfore, the dialect of Al-Ahsa, or Hasawi (HD), is also cognize as the Eastern Arabian dialect. In fact, it is considered the dominant dialect in the region although there argon former(a) local dialects found in the similar area, such as Badawi which is spoken by some Bedouins tribes. In 2009, the piece of Hasawi speakers was estimated as 200,000 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic, disconnection Spoken, Ethnologu, 2009).There are three reasons for selecting Hasawi for this study. First, there is little previous work cogitate to Hasawi compensate though it is considered an enormous dialect because it is expanded to other disconnectedness countries, such as Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuw ait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates. Thus, HD is also spoken as a pip-squeak dialect in the previous mentioned countries so that Hasawi is sometimes called Gulf Arabic Khaliji. Secondly, the emergence of a new dialect a few years ago which is Modern Hasawi, a blend of old Hasawi and Najdi, threatens the origination of the legitimate Hasawi in Saudi Arabia in spite of the massive expanding upon of the dialect to the neighboring countries. Finally, the dialect of Al-Ahsa is seen as a humorous question among other Saudi dialects because it is hard to understand (Bassiouney, 2010). Probably the cause of such obstruction refers to the sociolinguistic impact of non-Arabian languages, such as Farsi Persian and Turkish. However, it would be proven at the end of this composition that this unattractive dialect has unique acoustical features. Hence, the overall goal of this study is to investigate the Hasawi plosive phonemes and how they shape several(predicate) allophones. This pap er is divided into five main roles the first section is an introduction of the case including an overview of the dialect the second section is a review of the writings which includes brief previous related studies the methodology used for this study is set forth in the third section the fourth section demonstrates the findings of this study and finally the conclusion.1.1. explore QUESTIONS.Does Hasawi dialect have various allophones of its plosive sounds? If so, what phonemes are say other than? What are the phonetic facts of Hasawi allophones?1.2. PHONOLOGICAL BACKGROUND. This part of the first section presents the inscription of Hasawi phonemes as a good reference for Results section.Al-Ahsa Dialect Hasawi Dialect1. INTRODUCTION. Hasawi is a variety of Arabic whose roots refer to the family of Central Semitic Languages such as Hebrew and Aramaic. The Hasawi dialect is spoken in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia, exactly in Al-Ahsa (Al-Hasaa) province. Therefore, the dia lect of Al-Ahsa, or Hasawi (HD), is also known as the Eastern Arabian dialect. In fact, it is considered the dominant dialect in the area although there are other local dialects found in the same area, such as Badawi which is spoken by some Bedouins tribes. In 2009, the number of Hasawi speakers was estimated as 200,000 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic, Gulf Spoken, Ethnologu, 2009).There are three reasons for selecting Hasawi for this study. First, there is little previous work related to Hasawi even though it is considered an enormous dialect because it is expanded to other Gulf countries, such as Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates. Thus, HD is also spoken as a minor dialect in the previous mentioned countries so that Hasawi is sometimes called Gulf Arabic Khaliji. Secondly, the emergence of a new dialect a few years ago which is Modern Hasawi, a blend of old Hasawi and Najdi, threatens the existence of the original Hasawi in Saudi Arabia in spite o f the massive expansion of the dialect to the neighboring countries. Finally, the dialect of Al-Ahsa is seen as a humorous matter among other Saudi dialects because it is hard to understand (Bassiouney, 2010). Probably the cause of such difficulty refers to the sociolinguistic impact of non-Arabian languages, such as Farsi Persian and Turkish. However, it would be proven at the end of this paper that this unattractive dialect has unique acoustic features. Hence, the overall goal of this study is to investigate the Hasawi plosive phonemes and how they shape different allophones. This paper is divided into five main sections the first section is an introduction of the topic including an overview of the dialect the second section is a review of the literature which includes brief previous related studies the methodology used for this study is described in the third section the fourth section demonstrates the findings of this study and finally the conclusion.1.1. RESEARCH QUESTIONS.Does Hasawi dialect have various allophones of its plosive sounds? If so, what phonemes are pronounced differently? What are the phonetic facts of Hasawi allophones?1.2. PHONOLOGICAL BACKGROUND. This part of the first section presents the inventory of Hasawi phonemes as a good reference for Results section.