Help:IPA/Turkmen

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

IPA Orthography English approximation b b about d d ado dʒ j jump ð z then ɸ f phew; or somewhat like food ɡ g ago h h home j ý yet k k score l l late ɫ l peel ("dark L") m m much n n not ŋ ň wing p p span q k k in the throat ɾ r AmE pretty or Scottish r ʁ g Uzbek gʻ or French r ʃ ş shoe t t stable ts ts bits tʃ ç change θ s think β w like vase, but with both lips x h Scottish loch ʒ ž leisure

Vowels IPA Orthography English approximation ɑ a father æ ä cat ɛ e bed ɪ i sick o o Leo œ ö somewhat like ] bird ʊ u wood ɯ y somewhat like roses, Chinese shi, or Japanese unchi ʏ ü somewhat like cute ʏː üý somewhat like cued Suprasegmentals IPA Examples ˈ Ahalteke [axalˈteke]

See also

• {{IPA-tk}}