Help:IPA/Georgian

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Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

See Georgian phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Georgian.

Consonants
IPA Georgian Romanization English approximation
b ბ b bash
ɡ გ g gate
d დ d do
v ვ v, w van
z ზ z zoo
tʰ თ t table
kʼ კ kʼ Navajo 'ak'eí (ejective) [1]
l ლ l leaf
m მ m much
n ნ n not
pʼ პ pʼ Zulu impipi (ejective)[1]
ʒ ჟ zh pleasure
r რ r Spanish río
s ს s sue
tʼ ტ tʼ Navajo at'ééd (ejective)[1]
pʰ ფ p pan
kʰ ქ k can
ʁ ღ gh French rester
qʼ ყ qʼ Tlingit kh'aan (ejective)[1]
ʃ შ sh shoe
tʃʰ ჩ ch choose
tsʰ ც ts, c cats
dz ძ dz pads
tsʼ წ tsʼ, cʼ Navajo ts'in (ejective)[1]
tʃʼ ჭ chʼ Navajo ch'ah (ejective)[1]
χ ხ kh, x Scottish loch
dʒ ჯ j hedge
h ჰ h head
Vowels
IPA Georgian Romanization English approximation
ɑ ა a bra
ɛ ე e bell
i ი i feel
ɔ ო o off
u უ u moon

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.