Help:IPA/Navajo

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

See Navajo phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Navajo.

Consonants IPA Orthography English approximation ʔ ’ the catch in uh-oh p b spill tʃʰ ch child tʃʼ ch' a glottalized version of ch t d stay tɬ dl somewhat like atlas ts dz cats k g skate ɰ gh no English equivalent h h he hʷ hw blowing out a candle, or as in which tʃ j teacher kʰ k king kʼ k' somewhat like bike, with glottalization kʷʼ kw' liquid with glottalization l l lake ɬ ł no English equivalent m m man n n nice s s sad ʃ sh shell tʰ t "t" in tie tʼ t' somewhat like right with glottalization tɬʰ tł no English equivalent tɬʼ tł' no English equivalent tsʰ ts cats with aspiration tsʼ ts' somewhat like cats with glottalization w w was j y yellow z z was ʒ zh garage, pleasure

Oral vowels IPA Orthography English approximation a˩ a somewhat like bra with low tone a˥ á somewhat like bra with high tone aː˩ aa long "a" in bra with low tone aː˥ áá long "a" in bra with high tone e˩ e met with low tone e˥ é met with high tone eː˩ ee long "e" in met with low tone eː˥ éé long "e" in met with high tone i˩ i see with low tone i˥ í see with high tone iː˩ ii long "ee" in see with low tone iː˥ íí long "ee" in seet with high tone o˩ o somewhat like go with low tone o˥ ó somewhat like go with high tone oː˩ oo long "o" with low tone oː˥ óó long "o" with high tone

Nasal vowels IPA Orthography English approximation ã˩ ą nasal "a" for bra with low tone ã˥ ą́ nasal "a" for bra with high tone ãː˩ ąą long nasal "a" for bra with low tone ãː˥ ą́ą́ long nasal "a" for bra with high tone ẽ˩ ę nasal "e" for met with low tone ẽ˥ ę́ nasal "e" for met with high tone ẽː˩ ęę long nasal "e" for met with low tone ẽː˥ ę́ę́ long nasal "e" for met with high tone ĩ˩ į nasal "ee" for see with low tone ĩ˥ į́ nasal "ee" for see with high tone ĩː˩ įį long nasal "ee" for see with low tone ĩː˥ į́į́ long nasal "ee" for see with high tone õ˩ ǫ nasal "oa" for coat with low tone õ˥ ǫ́ nasal "oa" for coat with high tone õː˩ ǫǫ long nasal "oa" for coat with low tone õː˥ ǫ́ǫ́ long nasal "oa" for coat with high tone

References

• "Navajo pronunciation and spelling guide". 2012. http://www.native-languages.org/navajo_guide.htm. Retrieved September 16, 2012.