Table 1. Type-I: Phonologically Conditioned Metathesis

	Original Word	Metathesized Word	Glossary	Root	Radicals Affected	Radicals’ Location
1	nzaʕaʒ	nʒaʕaz	‘he got upset’	zʕʒ	z, ʒ	C1, C3
2	zawa:ʒ	ʒawa:z	‘marriage’	zʕʒ	z, ʒ	C1, C3
3	zanʒabi:l	ʒanzabi:l	‘ginger’	znʒbl	z, ʒ	C1, C3
4	zaʒʒ	ʒazz	‘put in prison’	zʒʒ	z, ʒ	C1, C35
5	namu:zaʒ	namu:ʒaz	‘pattern, form, model’	nmzʒ	z, ʒ	C3, C4
6	zaʒal	ʒazal	‘traditional genre of improvised sung poetry’	zʒl	z, ʒ	C1, C2
7	btəstarʒe:	btəstaʒre:	‘you dare’	rʒl6	r, ʒ	C1, C2
8	falsafi	falfasi	‘assuming wisdom’	flsf	s, f	C3, C4
9	xasaf	xafas	‘dimmed’	xsf	s, f	C2, C3
10	narfaz	nafraz	‘he got agitated’	nrfz	r, f	C2, C3
11	sˁaħi:fi	sˁafi:ħi	‘newspaper’	sˁħf	ħ, f	C2, C3
12	musˁħaf	musˁfaħ	‘Qur’an’	sˁħf	ħ, f	C2, C3
13	saffaq/ʔ	saqq/ʔʔaf	‘he clapped’	sfq/ʔ	f, ʔ/q	C2, C3
14	bʕaq/ʔlu	bq/ʔaʕlu	‘in his sound mind’	ʕq/ʔl	ʕ, ʔ/q	C1, C2
15	ʔiʕq/ʔosˁ	ʔiq/ʔʕosˁ	‘I pinch’	ʕq/ʔsˁ	ʕ, ʔ/q	C1, C2
16	malʕaq/ʔa	maʕlaq/ʔa	‘spoon’	lʕq/ʔ	l, ʕ	C1, C2
17	tfaħħasˁsˁ	tħaffasˁsˁ	‘examined’	fħsˁ	f, ħ	C1, C2
18	zileħfi	ziħelfi	‘turtle’	zlħf7	l, ħ	C2, C3
19	ħusa:li	suħa:li	‘scum’	ħsl8	ħ, s	C1, C2