Help:IPA/Berber

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Berber languages pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ber}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

In the interest of pan-Berber legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber varieties (notably Kabyle and Tarifit) between stops and fricatives.

Consonants

IPA	English approximation	Berber Latin letter	Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent
b	bed	B b	Template:Script/Tifinagh
β	between bed and vet	B b, Ḇ ḇ
ç	huge	K k, Ḵ ḵ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
d	do	D d	Template:Script/Tifinagh
dz	words	Zz zz	Template:Script/Tifinagh
dʒ	just	Ǧ ǧ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ð	this	D d, Ḏ ḏ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ðˤ	this	Ḍ ḍ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
f	fin	F f	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ɡ	go	G g	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ɣ	between get and ahead	Gh gh	Template:Script/Tifinagh
h	hello	H h	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ħ	no English equivalent; Arabic ḥijāb	Ḥ ḥ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
j	yes	Y y	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʝ	like yes, but stronger	G g, Ǥ ǥ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
k	scat	K k	Template:Script/Tifinagh
l	let	L l	Template:Script/Tifinagh
m	man	M m	Template:Script/Tifinagh
n	no	N n	Template:Script/Tifinagh
θ	bath	T t, Ṯ ṯ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
q	no English equivalent; Arabic al-Qurʾān	Q q	Template:Script/Tifinagh
r	rolled r	R r	Template:Script/Tifinagh
rˤ		Ṛ ṛ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʁ	French r	Gh gh, Ɣ ɣ, Γ γ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
s	sun	S s	Template:Script/Tifinagh
sˤ		Ṣ ṣ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʃ	ship	C c	Template:Script/Tifinagh
t	stick	T t	Template:Script/Tifinagh
tˤ		Ṭ ṭ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ts	cats	Ţţ ţţ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
tʃ	China	Č č	Template:Script/Tifinagh
w	weep	W w	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʷ	no English equivalent; labialization	sometimes °	Template:Script/Tifinagh
χ	Scottish loch	X x	Template:Script/Tifinagh
z	zoo	Z z	Template:Script/Tifinagh
zˤ		Ẓ ẓ	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʒ	measure	J j	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʕ	no English equivalent; German für	 â, Ɛ ɛ, Σ ε	Template:Script/Tifinagh

Vowels

IPA	English approximation	Berber Latin letter	Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent
æ	fat	A a	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ə	about	E e	Template:Script/Tifinagh
i	sheet	I i	Template:Script/Tifinagh
ʊ	put	U u	Template:Script/Tifinagh