Help:IPA/Shan and Tai Lue

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

Consonants IPA Shan New Tai Lue English approximation b ၿ ᦢ,ᦥ abash d ၻ,ꩨ ᦡ,ᦤ ado f ၾ ᦚ,ᦝ food ɡ ၷ — good h ႁ ᦠ,ᦣ head j ယ ᦊ,ᦍ yak k ၵ ᦂ,ᦅ scan kʰ ၶ ᦃ,ᦆ can l လ,ꩮ ᦜ,ᦟ leaf m မ ᦖ,ᦙ much n ၼ ᦐ,ᦓ not ŋ င ᦄ,ᦇ bang ɲ ၺ — canyon p ပ ᦔ,ᦗ span pʰ ၽ ᦕ,ᦘ pan r ရ,꩹ ᦣ roughly like water (American English) s ၸ ᦉ,ᦌ sue sʰ သ — — ʃ သျ — shoe t တ,ꩦ ᦎ,ᦑ stable tʰ ထ,ꩧ,ꩪ,ꩩ ᦏ,ᦒ table ts ၸ ᦈ,ᦋ Betsy tsʰ ၶျ — cheese θ ႀ — thing v — ᦛ,ᦞ village w ဝ ᦛ,ᦞ way x — ᦃ,ᦆ loch in Scottish English z ၹ — zebra ʔ ဢ ᦀ,ᦁ the catch in uh'-oh   Tone IPA Description a or ā mid [aː˧] à low [a˨˩] or [a˩] â falling [a˥˩] (Tai Lü only) a̰ creaky falling [a̰˥˩] (Shan only) á high [a˥] ǎ rising [a˨˦] (Shan only) a᷄ high rising [a˧˥] (Tai Lü only) a᷅ lowing rising [a˩˧] (Tai Lü only)

Vowels IPA Shan New Tai Lü English approximation Short vowels a unmarked ᦰ cut e ေ,ဵ ᦵ roughly like say ɛ ႄ, ႅ ᦶ roughly like bat i ီ ᦲ happy o ူဝ် ᦷ go without u sound (shorter) ɔ ေႃ, ွ ᦸ off u ု, ူ ᦳ loot (shorter) ɯ or ɨ ို ᦹ good ɤ or ə ိူ ᦵᦲ roughly like hurt (shorter) Long vowels aː ၢ, ႃ ᦱ bra