Help:IPA/Occitan

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

Unless otherwise noted, examples are in Languedocien. See Occitan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Occitan.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b blau, vent, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) libertat blunt β gravilh, libertat between baby and bevy d domeni, mandra, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) unida doom dz dotzen, (Auvergnat, Limousin) messatge, genolh, jovença lads dʒ messatge, genolh, jovença magic ð unida that f fàcia frank ɡ gròs, bilingüe, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) agradar, liguèron gallon ɣ agradar, liguèron between gold and ahold k caissa, quant, long scanner l lièch, espatla, filh long ʎ familha bullion m mascle, ambedós moment n natura, colomb, banh need ŋ sang, banquièr lung ɲ montanha canyon p pichon lisp r córrer, rascanhós trilled r ɾ córrer, malaürós ladder (AmE) s solelh, amistós, servici, esboçar soldier t temps, sard still ts trobairitz, accion, (Auvergnat, Limousin) chèc boots tʃ nuechòla, chèc, freg chocolate z musica, utilizar, esboçar zebra Local consonants h (Gascon) hemna high ʀ (Provençal) Arle French Arles ʃ (Auvergnat) servici, (Gascon) Foish shoe v (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) vent valid ʒ (Gascon) joenessa, (Provençal) age measure

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation a quatre, ànec, camaièu father e fetge, embestiar, (Auvergnat, Limousin) mètge say ɛ mètge, benlèu sect i vitz, Loís cease ɔ escòla, doás, (Auvergnat, Limousin) camaièu off u Tolosa, soi, valorós soup y luna, futur, bonaür French rue, German Blüte Local vowels ə (Auvergnat) fetge, embestiar alike o (Limousin) còsta sport (RP) œ (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) fuèlha blur wɔ (Auvergnat) pòrta, (Provençal) bòna war   Semivowels IPA Examples English approximation j jòia, fièira, embestiar, luòc, (Limousin) familha yes w clau, plòure, oèst, qüadragenari, (Gascon) cuu swallow ɥ uèlh, ambigüitat, (Auvergnat) ajuidar between yet and wet; French nuit   Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation ˈ plaça [ˈplasɔ] primary stress ˌ vertadièrament [beɾtaˌðjɛɾɔˈmen] secondary stress . via [ˈbi.ɔ] syllable break ː (Limousin) chastanhas [tsaːˈtaɲaː] long vowel or geminated consonant

References

• Balaguer, Claudi; Pojada, Patrici (in ca,oc). Diccionari Català – Occità / Occitan – Catalan. 
• Lavalade, Yves (in fr,oc). Dictionnaire Occitan – Français. 
• Fettuciari, Jòrgi; Martin, Guiu; Pietri, Jaume (in oc,fr). Diccionari Provençau – Francés. 
• Omelhièr, Cristian. Petiòt diccionari Occitan d'Auvèrnhe – Francés. 
• "CORRESPONDÉNCIAS FONETICAS" (in oc). MonOccitània. http://monoccitania.50webs.com/prononciacion.html#correspondencias.