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'''''{{Transl|ar|DIN|Ḏāl}}''''' (<big>{{lang|he|ذ}}</big>, also be transcribed as ''{{transl|ar|ALA|dhāl}}'') is one of the six letters the [[Arabic alphabet]] added to the twenty-two inherited from the [[Phoenician alphabet]] (the others being {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[ṯāʾ]]}}, {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[ḫāʾ]]}}, {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[ḍād]]}}, {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[ẓāʾ]]}}, {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[ġayn]]}}). In [[Modern Standard Arabic]] it represents {{IPAslink|ð}}. In name and shape, it is a variant of {{Transl|ar|DIN|[[dāl]]}} (<big>{{Lang|ar|د}}</big>). Its numerical value is 700 (see [[abjad numerals]]).
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Between and within contemporary [[varieties of Arabic]], pronunciation of the letter ''{{Transl|ar|DIN|ḏāl}}'' differs:
* The [[Gulf Arabic|Gulf]], [[Iraqi Arabic|Iraqi]], [[Tunisian Arabic|Tunisian]] dialects use the [[Classical Arabic|Classical]] and [[Modern Standard Arabic|Modern Standard]] sound of {{IPAblink|ð}}.
* In [[Maghrebi Arabic]], it is consistently pronounced as the [[voiced dental plosive]] {{IPAblink|d̪}}.
* In the [[Mashriq]] (in the broad sense, including [[Egyptian Arabic phonology|Egyptian]], [[Sudanese Arabic|Sudanese]] and [[Levantine Arabic|Levantine]] dialects), it becomes a [[sibilant]] [[voiced alveolar fricative]] {{IPAblink|z}}.
Regardless of these regional differences, the pattern of the speaker's variety of Arabic frequently intrudes into otherwise Modern Standard speech; this is widely accepted, and is the norm when speaking the [[mesolect]] known alternately as ''lugha wusṭā'' ("middling/compromise language") or ''ʿAmmiyyat/Dārijat al-Muṯaqqafīn'' ("Educated/Cultured Colloquial") used in the informal speech of educated Arabs of different countries. (cf. [[Arabic dialect#Formal vs. vernacular speech]])
== See also ==
*[[Arabic phonology]]
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