Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation
 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Mongolian on Wikipedia.It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mongolian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or its value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. | |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mongolian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The dialect used in this chart is Khalkha Mongolian. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-mn}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Cyrillic
|
English approximation
|
| f
|
ф[1]
|
five
|
| g
|
г[2]
|
got
|
| ɢ
|
similar to got (but deeper in the throat)
|
| j
|
й
|
yellow
|
| ʲ
|
ь[1]
|
Russian пять, English key
|
| kʰ
|
к[1]
|
cot
|
| ɮ
|
л
|
Not found in English; Welsh llwyd but voiced
|
| m
|
м
|
mother
|
| n
|
н
|
north
|
| ŋ
|
link, sing
|
| p
|
б
|
been
|
| pʰ
|
п[1]
|
pen
|
| r
|
р
|
Scottish roll; Spanish rosa
|
| s
|
с
|
seven
|
| ʃ
|
ш
|
shirt
|
| ʃt͡ʃ
|
щ[1]
|
fresh cheese
|
| t
|
д
|
stand
|
| tʰ
|
т
|
tan
|
| t͡s
|
з, ц
|
cats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
ж
|
exchange
|
| t͡ʃʰ
|
ч
|
change
|
| w̜
|
в
|
win
|
| x
|
х
|
Scottish loch; German Bach
|
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| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Cyrillic |
English approximation
|
| monophthongs
|
| a
|
a
|
art
|
| aː
|
father
|
| e
|
е, э
|
Scottish late
|
| eː
|
Scottish day
|
| i
|
и, ы, ъ, э
|
leaf
|
| iː
|
leave
|
| ɔ
|
о
|
off
|
| ɔː
|
dog
|
| ɵ
|
ө
|
similar to nurse
|
| oː
|
RP/Australian thought
|
| u
|
ү
|
boot
|
| uː
|
food
|
| ʊ
|
у
|
look
|
| ʊː
|
good
|
| diphthongs
|
| ai
|
ай
|
price
|
| ɔi
|
ой
|
choice
|
| ui
|
үй
|
phooey
|
| ʊi
|
уй
|
roughly like phooey
|
|
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Used only in loanwords.
- ↑ [g] and [ɢ] are contrastive in Ulaanbaatar Mongolian, but are allophones of the single phoneme /g/ in some other dialects.
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