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The charts below show the way in which the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]] represents [[Social:Mauritian Creole|Mauritian Creole]] pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{tl|IPA-mfe}} and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

The [[Social:Mauritian Creole#Orthography|writing system]]s used for the language vary, but generally there are no silent letters in written Mauritian Creole unless a word is written with the traditional standard French orthography.

{| style="background:none;"
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em; text-align: center;"
! colspan="3" | Consonants
|-
! IPA !! Examples !! English approximation
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|b}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''b'''izeṅ
| style="text-align:left;" | '''b'''ow
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|d̪|d}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;" | '''d'''o'''d'''o, '''d'''ïm<ref name="dentals"/>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''d'''im
|-
|<big>{{IPA link|dz}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;"| '''d'''imal, '''d'''yab<ref name="dentals"/>
| style="text-align:left;"| car'''ds'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|dʒ}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;" | '''j'''et
| style="text-align:left;" | '''j'''et
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|f}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''f'''in
| style="text-align:left;" | '''f'''eel
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɡ}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''g'''olfis
| style="text-align:left;" | '''g'''oldfish
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|j}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''y'''er<ref name="ny"/>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''y'''esterday
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|k}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''k'''amarad
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''k'''y
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|l}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''l'''a'''l'''imyer
| style="text-align:left;" | '''l'''ight
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|m}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''m'''o
| style="text-align:left;" | '''m'''y
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|n̪|n}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;" | '''n'''u<ref name="ny"/>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''n'''o
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ŋ}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | la'''ŋ'''
| style="text-align:left;" | wro'''ng'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɲ}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;" | ga'''ny'''<ref name="ny">There are alternations between {{IPA|/ɲ/}}, {{IPA|/nj/}}, and {{IPA|/j̃, j/}} in many words.</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" | ca'''ny'''on
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|p}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''P'''yer
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''p'''y
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ʁ}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | f'''r'''er <ref name="rhotic">At the end of a word or before a consonant, the sequence of a vowel followed by {{angle bracket|r}} is realized as a long vowel or diphthong.</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" | between '''g'''o and lo'''ch'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|s}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''s'''aken
| style="text-align:left;" | '''s'''ix
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|t̪|t}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''t'''ïm<ref name="dentals"/>
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''t'''eam
|-
|<big>{{IPA link|ts}}</big> 
| style="text-align:left;"| '''t'''imid<ref name="dentals">{{IPA|/t, d/}} are palatalized or affricated to {{IPA|[tʲ, dʲ]}} or {{IPA|[tˢ, dᶻ]}} before {{IPA|/i, j/}} in words of French origin, but in words of English origin they remain alveolar stops.</ref>
| style="text-align:left;"| ca'''ts'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|tʃ}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''ch'''abi
| style="text-align:left;" | '''ch'''av
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|v}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''v'''a
| style="text-align:left;" | '''v'''at
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|w}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''w'''i
| style="text-align:left;" | '''w'''e 
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|z}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | a'''z'''ordi
| style="text-align:left;" | '''z'''ero
|-
! colspan="3"| '''Marginal consonants'''
|-
|<big>{{IPA link|h}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;"| ma'''h'''araja<ref>{{IPA|/h/}} appears only in words of English or Indic origin, but in all cases it may be optionally omitted.</ref>
| style="text-align:left;"| '''h'''otel

|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 2em; text-align: center;" 
! colspan="3"| Vowels
|-
! IPA !! Examples !! English approximation
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|a}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''a'''ni
| style="text-align:left;" | f'''a'''ther
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|e̞|e}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''e'''sif
| style="text-align:left;" | h'''ey'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|i}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''i'''
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''ee'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|o̞|o}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | s'''o''', d'''o'''d'''o'''
| style="text-align:left;" | roughly like s'''aw''' (British English)
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|u}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''u'''z
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''u'''de
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ə}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''ë'''gbi<ref name="schwa">{{IPAblink|ə}} occurs in words which traditionally had {{IPA|/i/}} deriving from standard French {{IPA|[ə, œ]}} in their initial syllable (e.g. ''dëló'' "water" from ''de l'eau''). In such words, {{IPA|[ə]}} is unstressed, but a stressed {{IPA|[ə]}} is also heard as the reflex of English {{IPAc-en|ʌ}} in a few words such as ''rëgbi'' "rugby". All words in which {{IPA|[ə]}} occurs also have alternative pronunciations with another vowel so {{IPA|[ə]}} is not yet phonemic.</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" | r'''u'''gby, '''a'''rom'''a'''
|-
! colspan="3"| Nasal vowels
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɑ̃}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | '''aṅ'''sam, l'''aṅ'''gaz
| style="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent; nasalized {{IPA|[a]}}
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɛ̃}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | by'''eṅ'''
| style="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent; nasalized {{IPA|[e]}}
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɔ̃}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | l'''oṅ'''taṅ
| style="text-align:left;" | No English equivalent; nasalized {{IPA|[o]}}
|-
! colspan="3"| Long vowels and diphthongs<ref name="rhotic/>
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɑ|ɑː}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | asw'''ar'''
| style="text-align:left;" | sp'''a'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɛ|ɛː}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | fr'''er'''
| style="text-align:left;" | 
|-
|<big>{{IPA|iːə}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | kuvert'''ir'''
| style="text-align:left;" | id'''ea'''
|-
|<big>{{IPAlink|ɔ|oː}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | emp'''or'''tan
| style="text-align:left;" | 
|-
|<big>{{IPA|uːə}}</big>
| style="text-align:left;" | bonz'''ur'''
| style="text-align:left;" | 
|}
|}

==Notes==
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{{Sourceattribution|Mauritian Creole}}