Help:IPA/Tigrinya

Short description: Wikipedia key to pronunciation

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

The Tigrinya letters (ፊደላት) in the last charts have the consonants in rows and the vowels in columns. Each letter is represented by one consonant (or consonant cluster) and one vowel.

Vowels

Vowel Orders	IPA	Transliteration	English Approximation
First Order	ɐ	ä	The e in better (sometimes a schwa)
Second Order	u	u	The "oo" in foot or soon
Third Order	i	i	The "ea" in seat
Fourth Order	ä	a	The "o" in cot SAE
Fifth Order	e	e	Similar to "a" in Way except with no glide
Sixth Order	ɨ	ə	The "e" in Roses (sometimes a schwa)
Seventh Order	o	o	The "oa" in Boat

Abugida

IPA	ɐ	u	i	ä	e	ɨ	o	English approximation	Transliteration
b	በ	ቡ	ቢ	ባ	ቤ	ብ	ቦ	Bed	b
d	ደ	ዱ	ዲ	ዳ	ዴ	ድ	ዶ	Dad	d
d͡ʒ	ጀ	ጁ	ጂ	ጃ	ጄ	ጅ	ጆ	Judge	ǧ, j
f	ፈ	ፉ	ፊ	ፋ	ፌ	ፍ	ፎ	Far	f
g	ገ	ጉ	ጊ	ጋ	ጌ	ግ	ጎ	Go	g
h	ሀ	ሁ	ሂ	ሃ	ሄ	ህ	ሆ	How	h
h	ኀ	ኁ	ኂ	ኃ	ኄ	ኅ	ኆ		h, ḫ
ħ	ሐ	ሑ	ሒ	ሓ	ሔ	ሕ	ሖ		h, ḥ
j	የ	ዩ	ዪ	ያ	ዬ	ይ	ዮ	Yes	y
k	ከ	ኩ	ኪ	ካ	ኬ	ክ	ኮ	King	k
kʼ	ቀ	ቁ	ቂ	ቃ	ቄ	ቅ	ቆ	Ski	ḳ
xʼ	ቐ	ቑ	ቒ	ቓ	ቔ	ቕ	ቖ	Kite	ḳh
l	ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ	Let	l
m	መ	ሙ	ሚ	ማ	ሜ	ም	ሞ	Match	m
n	ነ	ኑ	ኒ	ና	ኔ	ን	ኖ	Now	n
ɲ	ኘ	ኙ	ኚ	ኛ	ኜ	ኝ	ኞ	Onion	ñ
p	ፐ	ፑ	ፒ	ፓ	ፔ	ፕ	ፖ	Pin	p
pʼ	ጰ	ጱ	ጲ	ጳ	ጴ	ጵ	ጶ	Upper	p̣
ɾ ~ r	ረ	ሩ	ሪ	ራ	ሬ	ር	ሮ	Water SAE	r
s	ሰ	ሱ	ሲ	ሳ	ሴ	ስ	ሶ	Sight	s
s	ሠ	ሡ	ሢ	ሣ	ሤ	ሥ	ሦ		ś
sʼ	ጸ	ጹ	ጺ	ጻ	ጼ	ጽ	ጾ	Sight	ṣ
sʼ	ፀ	ፁ	ፂ	ፃ	ፄ	ፅ	ፆ		ṣ́
ʃ	ሸ	ሹ	ሺ	ሻ	ሼ	ሽ	ሾ	Short	š
t	ተ	ቱ	ቲ	ታ	ቴ	ት	ቶ	Talk	t
t͡ʃ	ቸ	ቹ	ቺ	ቻ	ቼ	ች	ቾ	Church	č
t͡ʃʼ	ጨ	ጩ	ጪ	ጫ	ጬ	ጭ	ጮ	Achoo	č̣
tʼ	ጠ	ጡ	ጢ	ጣ	ጤ	ጥ	ጦ	Stick	ṭ
v	ቨ	ቩ	ቪ	ቫ	ቬ	ቭ	ቮ	Vault	v
x	ኸ	ኹ	ኺ	ኻ	ኼ	ኽ	ኾ	Scottish loch	x, kh
w	ወ	ዉ	ዊ	ዋ	ዌ	ው	ዎ	Walk	w
z	ዘ	ዙ	ዚ	ዛ	ዜ	ዝ	ዞ	Zoo	z
ʒ	ዠ	ዡ	ዢ	ዣ	ዤ	ዥ	ዦ	Pleasure	ž
ʔ	አ	ኡ	ኢ	ኣ	ኤ	እ	ኦ	Uh-oh	ʾ , -
ʕ	ዐ	ዑ	ዒ	ዓ	ዔ	ዕ	ዖ		ʿ, ʾ, -

Labiovelar Abugida

IPA	ɐ	i	ä	e	ɨ
gʷ	ጐ	ጒ	ጓ	ጔ	ጕ
hʷ	ኈ	ኊ	ኋ	ኌ	ኍ
kʷ	ኰ	ኲ	ኳ	ኴ	ኵ
xʷ	ዀ	ዂ	ዃ	ዄ	ዅ
kʼʷ	ቈ	ቊ	ቋ	ቌ	ቍ
xʼʷ	ቘ	ቚ	ቛ	ቜ	ቝ