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. 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.