Help:IPA/Mayan

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

IPA Examples English approximation Consonants ʔ k'in, Ch'ol the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop ɓ K'axob, Xibalba like boy but sucking air tʃ ch child tʃʼ ch' popped ch h jelik, Q'umarkaj he x j loch k k skin kʼ k' popped kin l l leave m m man n n noodle ŋ nh sing p p span pʼ p' popped pan q q cut but further back from throat qʼ q' as above, but ejective ɾ Xcaret better [American English] s s sack t t stand tʼ t' popped tan tʲ ty tee tʲʼ ty' as above, but ejective ts tz cats tsʼ tz' popped cats w w wand ʃ Xunantunich, yaax shoe j y yes

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels a kax, Tabscoob tar aː naach blah e e met eː ee pay ə k'än somewhat like sofa əː määchäl somewhat like British herb i i city iː ahiin see o pol somewhat like coat oː oo go u u somewhat like good uː uu food Stress ˈ Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab] This Orthography & Variant Orthography This One Variant Bakab, Chaahk Bacab, Chaac