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 Audio file "Rm-sursilv-buna.flac" not found, bler bike
d About this sounddent, dubel done
dʑ[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
tɕ[1] About this soundchasa, About this soundtgamin stew (British English)
tʃ About this soundrumantsch, About this soundtschetschapuorla chew
v Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-grava.ogg" not found, watt vent
z Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-casa.ogg" not found, Audio file "Rm-sursilv-rosa.flac" not found zipper
ʒ Audio file "Rm-sursilv-sbagl.flac" not found, Svizra, branscha, Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-grischun.ogg" not found measure
Marginal consonants
h[3] Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-haluncs.ogg" not found, hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç Audio file "Roh-putèr-amih2.ogg" not found hue
Semivowels
j Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-jeu.ogg" not found, Italia, yak you
w Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-quel.ogg" not found, ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a Audio file "Roh-vallader-banc.ogg" not found, clav roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ[4] Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-casa.ogg" not found, Audio file "Roh-putèr-mellan.ogg" not found comma or gut
e bler, Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-pér.ogg" not found roughly like pay
ɛ è, Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-pèr.ogg" not found bed
i ti, Audio file "Rm-sursilv-historic.flac" not found see
ɔ Audio file "Roh-putèr-pom.ogg" not found, toc off
o Audio file "Rm-sursilv-biro.flac" not found, ovra law (British English)
u o ~ ʊ[2] bun, Audio file "Rm-sursilv-udir.flac" not found tool or pull
Dialectal vowels[5]
ø Audio file "Roh-vallader-chaschöl.ogg" not found, Audio file "Roh-putèr-ögl.ogg" not found roughly like hurt
y Audio file "Roh-vallader-mür.ogg" not found, Audio file "Roh-putèr-bügl.ogg" not found roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English example
ˈ Audio file "Roh-sursilvan-comba.ogg" not found [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː Audio file "Rm-sursilv-dar.flac" not found [daːr] long vowel
◌̯[6] Audio file "Rm-sursilv-cuort.flac" not found [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.