A Survey of the Phonological Observations of Sibeveyh from the Modern Linguistics Point of View

Speakers of different languages have paid attention to the phonetics of their language since ancient times. Muslim scientists have also taken into consideration the value of phonological studies and among themthere are linguists who are not less important than any western ones like Saussure, Chomsky and Jacobson. Some of them are even counted more major than westerners; one of these Muslim scholars is Sibeveyh.He is considered a forerunner of Arabic phonological studies and his works are the basis of later studies in this field. The present article surveys his point of views and analyses.