Help:IPA/Malayalam

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

Consonants IPA Malayalam English approximation k ക sky kʰ ഖ khan ɡ ഗ go ɡʱ ഘ Ghana t͡ʃ ച church t͡ʃʰ ഛ which hand ɟ ജ junior ɟʱ ഝ hedgehog ʈ ട tide but retroflex ʈʰ ഠ got the but retroflex ɖ ഡ dog but retroflex ɖʱ ഢ bond her hair but retroflex t ത earthed tʰ ഥ get down d ദ dad dʱ ധ had done p പ pain f/pʰ ഫ Has two pronunciations, either as football or pan b ബ big bʱ ഭ bhangra ŋ ങ sing ɲ ഞ cognac ɳ ണ Hindi Varuna n̪ ന month m മ mall j യ yes ɾ ര Spanish tres l ല listen ʋ വ curve ʃ ശ sugar ʂ ഷ shun s സ so h ഹ head ɭ ള Swedish sorl ɻ ഴ run r റ Spanish rojo n ഩ not

Vowels IPA Malayalam English approximation a ാ, അ cart aː അ father ə അ about ɪ ി, ഇ sit iː ീ, ഈ seat ʊ ു, ഉ full uː ൂ, ഊ fool r̥ ൃ, ഋ better e െ, എ eight eː േ, ഏ eight but longer o ൊ, ഒ sole oː ോ, ഓ Irish pronunciation of coat əɪ ൈ, ഐ mile əʊ ൗ, ൌ, ഔ British RP of fold Suprasegmentals IPA ˈ stress (placed before stressed syllable)