Help:IPA/Azerbaijani

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Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-az}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Orthography English approximation
azb azj
b ب b about
c ک k skew
ç ح k hue[1]
d د d ado
dz ج adze
گ c jump
f ف f food
ɡ ق q ago
ɣ غ ğ Spanish amigo
ɟ گ g /ɡj/ sequence in argue
h ه h home
j ی y yet
k[2] ک k score
l ل l late
m م m much
n ن n not
ɲ[3] ن n canyon
ŋ[4] ن n wing
p پ p span
ɾ ر r American English pretty or Scottish r
s س s send
ʃ ش ş shoe
t ت t stable
ts چ bits
ک ç change
v[5] و v vase
w[5] و v wet
x خ x Scottish loch
z ز z zone
ʒ ژ j leisure
Vowels
IPA Orthography English approximation
azb azj
ɑ آ a father
æ ا ə cat
e ا e bed
i ای i creek
o اۇ o Leo
œ اؤ ö somewhat like bird
u او u soup
ɯ اؽ ı somewhat like roses
y اۆ ü somewhat like cute
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Meaning
ˈ Bakı [bɑˈcɯ] stress
ː barı [bɑːɾɯ] vowel length

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Notes

  1. Allophone of [c] before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word
  2. [k] only occurs in loan words
  3. [ɲ] appears as an allophone of /n/ before the consonants [ɟ] and [c].
  4. [ŋ] appears as an allophone of /n/ before the consonants [ɡ] and [k].
  5. 5.0 5.1 [w] is the allophone of /v/ after a vowel.