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 b bash
ɡ g gate
d d do
v v, w van
z z zoo
t table
Navajo 'ak' (ejective) [1]
l l leaf
m m much
n n not
Zulu impipi (ejective)[1]
ʒ zh pleasure
r r Spanish río
s s sue
Navajo at'ééd (ejective)[1]
p pan
k can
ʁ gh French rester
Tlingit kh'aan (ejective)[1]
ʃ sh shoe
tʃʰ ch choose
tsʰ ts, c cats
dz dz pads
tsʼ tsʼ, cʼ Navajo ts'in (ejective)[1]
tʃʼ chʼ Navajo ch'ah (ejective)[1]
χ kh, x Scottish loch
j hedge
h h head
Vowels
IPA Georgian Romanization English approximation
ɑ a bra
ɛ e bell
i i feel
ɔ o off
u u moon

Notes

  1. Jump up to: 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.