%0 Journal Article %T A Comparison between English and Arabic Sound Systems Regarding Places of Articulation %A Khawater Alshalaan %J Open Access Library Journal %V 7 %N 5 %P 1-7 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2020 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1105679 %X The English sound system differs from Arabic regarding places of articulation. Some of the English consonants do not exist in Arabic and vice versa. However, both languages share common palatal /j/. Arabic speakers find it difficult to pronounce /v/ sound and use /f/ instead. They also substitute /t/ and /d/ for /?/ and /e/. Arab speakers cannot pronounce the flap /s/ but stress the written /tt/. In English, /t/ is an aspirated alveolar but considered non-aspirated denti-alveolar in Arabic. As for /r/, it is always pronounced in Arabic but sometimes deleted in British English. Moreover, /?/ exists in Arabic as a consonant but alternative pronunciation in English. %K English %K Arabic %K Sound Systems %K Place of Articulation %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5418716