Help:IPA/Romansh

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Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b About this soundbuna, bler bike
d About this sounddent, dubel done
[1] About this soundagid, jet dew (British English)
f fitg, flad, About this soundclav fast
ɡ About this soundgat, galant gas
k carr, architect, About this soundaug, kiosc, quai scar
l About this soundlavar, milli, val lip
ʎ About this soundegl, About this soundglieud, About this soundbigliet roughly like million
m milli, About this soundum mother
n About this soundnanin, onns nest
ŋ About this soundsaung, About this soundlungatg sing
ɲ About this soundbogn, About this soundgnierv roughly like canyon
p About this soundpapetaria, appartament, verb spin
r ʁ[2] About this soundroda, About this soundcarr, meglra water (American English) or French rose
s About this soundvossa, About this soundnus sorry
ʃ schanza, About this soundglisch, About this soundpuspei, scopo ship
t About this soundteater, ti, agid star
ts About this soundcefra, bellezza, zunt cats
[1] About this soundchasa, About this soundtgamin stew (British English)
About this soundrumantsch, About this soundtschetschapuorla chew
v About this soundgrava, watt vent
z About this soundcasa, About this soundrosa zipper
ʒ About this soundsbagl, Svizra, branscha, About this soundGrischun measure
Marginal consonants
h[3] About this soundhaluncs, hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç About this soundamih hue
Semivowels
j About this soundjeu, Italia, yak you
w About this soundquel, ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a About this soundbanc, clav roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ[4] About this soundcasa, About this soundmellen comma or gut
e bler, About this soundpér roughly like pay
ɛ è, About this soundpèr bed
i ti, About this soundhistoric see
ɔ About this soundpom, toc off
o About this soundbiro, ovra law (British English)
u o ~ ʊ[2] bun, About this soundudir tool or pull
Dialectal vowels[5]
ø About this soundchaschöl, About this soundögl roughly like hurt
y About this soundmür, About this soundbügl roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English example
ˈ About this soundcomba [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː About this sounddar [daːr] long vowel
◌̯[6] About this soundcuort [kuɔ̯rt] now

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Realization varies among dialects.
  3. ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
  4. Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
  5. Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
  6. Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.