Help:IPA/Ukrainian

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

Ukrainian contrasts palatalized "soft" and unpalatalized "hard" consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript ⟨j⟩, are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, like in the [j] sound in yes.

See Ukrainian phonology for more details on the sounds of Ukrainian.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximations b бог [bɔɦ] boot d дим [dɪm] do dʲ дім, мідь [d⁽ʲ⁾im], [midʲ] dew dz дзе́ркало [ˈdzɛrkɐlo] pads dzʲ ґедзь, дзьоб [ɡɛdzʲ], [dzʲɔb] dʒ джміль [dʒmilʲ] jump, ridge f фа́рба [ˈfɑrbɐ] fool ɡ ґа́нок [ˈɡɑnok] good ɣ чахохбі́лі [tʃɐxoɣˈbil⁽ʲ⁾i] between good and hood ɦ газе́та [ɦɐˈzɛtɐ] behind j йти, гай, їда́льня [jtɪ], [ɦɑj], [jiˈdɑlʲnʲɐ] yes k ключ [klʲutʃ] scar l лось [lɔsʲ] bell lʲ лід, сіль [l⁽ʲ⁾id], [s⁽ʲ⁾ilʲ] least m мир [mɪr] moot n не́бо [ˈnɛbo] noon nʲ ні́жний, день [ˈn⁽ʲ⁾iʒnɪj], [dɛnʲ] new p пил [pɪl] spare r лі́кар [ˈl⁽ʲ⁾ikɐr] trilled r, like in Spanish riesgo rʲ рі́чка [ˈr⁽ʲ⁾itʃkɐ] s суп [sup] soup sʲ сі́но, вісь [ˈs⁽ʲ⁾ino], [wisʲ] suit ʃ шпари́на, ви́ще [ʃpɐˈrɪnɐ], [ˈwɪʃtʃe] shop t тин [tɪn] star tʲ тінь, мить [t⁽ʲ⁾inʲ], [mɪtʲ] stew ts цибу́ля [tsɪˈbulʲɐ] cats tsʲ ціна́, віне́ць [ts⁽ʲ⁾iˈnɑ], [wiˈnɛtsʲ] tʃ очере́т, вище [otʃeˈrɛt], [ˈwɪʃtʃe] choose u̯ вчи́тель, став [ˈu̯tʃɪtelʲ], [stɑu̯] tow v Афганіста́н [ɐvɦɐn⁽ʲ⁾iˈstɑn] vine w віл [wil] between wine and vine x ховра́х [xou̯ˈrɑx] Bach, loch z зуб [zub] zoo zʲ зі́ллю, рі́зьблення [ˈz⁽ʲ⁾ilʲːʊ], [ˈr⁽ʲ⁾izʲblenʲːɐ] presume ʒ жи́то [ˈʒɪto] measure, garage

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation Stressed ɑ гай [ɦɑj] father ɛ день [dɛnʲ] met i кіт, і́кла [kit], [ˈiklɐ] meet ɪ ми́ша [ˈmɪʃɐ] bit ɔ по́ле, льон [ˈpɔle], [lʲɔn] off u дух, лють [dux], [lʲutʲ] fool Unstressed ɐ гарма́та [ɦɐrˈmɑtɐ] hug e ефі́рний [eˈfirnɪj] rate i біле́т [biˈlɛt] meet ɪ кра́сний [ˈkrɑsnɪj] bit o ору́дний [oˈrudnɪj] cold ʊ туди́ [tʊˈdɪ] put Other symbols IPA Explanation ˈ◌ stress (placed before the stressed syllable) ˌ◌ secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) ◌ː gemination (the consonant is pronounced twice as long) ◌⁽ʲ⁾ optional nature of consonant palatalization before /i/

Bibliography

• Danyenko, Andrii; Vakulenko, Serhii (1995). Ukrainian. Lincom Europa. ISBN 978-3-929075-08-3. https://books.google.com/books/about/Ukrainian.html?id=WUsbAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y. 
• Жовтобрюх, М.А.; Кулик, Б.М. (1965) (in uk). Kiev: Радянська школа.