Help:IPA/Kazakh

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

IPA Cyrillic Latin Arabic English approximation Consonants b б b ب above β somewhat like lava ɕ ш, щ sh, shch ⟨ش⟩, ⟨شش⟩, sheep d д d د dice f ф f ف fat ɡ г g گ agree h һ h ھ hat j й ı ي yard, boy k к k ك skate l л l ل lie m м m م moon n н n ن no ɴ ң ń ڭ‬ somewhat like bong ŋ sing p п p پ spare q қ q ق Somewhat like ska ɾ р r ر GA latter ʁ ғ ǵ ع French rouge s с s س sick t т t ت stick ts ц ts تس cats tɕ ч ch چ cheat v в v ۆ vase ɣ г g گ go but without completely blocking airflow on the g w у ý ۋ water, low χ х h ح‬ Scottish loch z з z ز zone ʑ ж j ج pleasure

IPA Cyrillic Latin Arabic English approximation Vowels ɑ a a ا father æ ә á ٵ‬ cat e е, э e ە bed ə ы y ى about əj и ı ٸ somewhat like price jɪ е, э e ە yell ɪ і i ٸ kit o о o و somewhat like no ø ө ó ٶ‬ nurse ʊ ұ u ۇ‬ wood ʏ ү ú ٷ somewhat like cute