Help:IPA/Romansh

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Romansh on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Romansh in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA		Examples	English approximation
b		buna^ⓘ, bler	bike
d		dent^ⓘ, dubel	done
dʑ^[1]		agid^ⓘ, jet	dew (British English)
f		fitg, flad, clav^ⓘ	fast
ɡ		gat^ⓘ, galant	gas
k		carr, architect, aug^ⓘ, kiosc, quai	scar
l		lavar^ⓘ, milli, val	lip
ʎ		egl^ⓘ, glieud^ⓘ, bigliet^ⓘ	roughly like million
m		milli, um^ⓘ	mother
n		nanin^ⓘ, onns	nest
ŋ		saung^ⓘ, lungatg^ⓘ	sing
ɲ		bogn^ⓘ, gnierv^ⓘ	roughly like canyon
p		papetaria^ⓘ, appartament, verb	spin
r	ʁ^[2]	roda^ⓘ, carr^ⓘ, meglra	water (American English) or French rose
s		vossa^ⓘ, nus^ⓘ	sorry
ʃ		schanza, glisch^ⓘ, puspei^ⓘ, scopo	ship
t		teater^ⓘ, ti, agid	star
ts		cefra^ⓘ, bellezza, zunt	cats
tɕ^[1]		chasa^ⓘ, tgamin^ⓘ	stew (British English)
tʃ		rumantsch^ⓘ, tschetschapuorla^ⓘ	chew
v		grava^ⓘ, watt	vent
z		casa^ⓘ, rosa^ⓘ	zipper
ʒ		sbagl^ⓘ, Svizra, branscha, Grischun^ⓘ	measure
Marginal consonants
h^[3]		haluncs^ⓘ, hobi	hat
Dialectal consonants
ç		amih^ⓘ	hue
Semivowels
j		jeu^ⓘ, Italia, yak	you
w		quel^ⓘ, ual, walkman	wine

Vowels
IPA		Examples	English approximation
a		banc^ⓘ, clav	roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ^[4]		casa^ⓘ, mellen^ⓘ	comma or gut
e		bler, pér^ⓘ	roughly like pay
ɛ		è, pèr^ⓘ	bed
i		ti, historic^ⓘ	see
ɔ		pom^ⓘ, toc	off
o		biro^ⓘ, ovra	law (British English)
u	o ~ ʊ^[2]	bun, udir^ⓘ	tool or pull
Dialectal vowels^[5]
ø		chaschöl^ⓘ, ögl^ⓘ	roughly like hurt
y		mür^ⓘ, bügl^ⓘ	roughly like cute

Suprasegmentals
IPA		Examples	English example
ˈ		comba^ⓘ [ˈkɔmbɐ]	bottle
ˌ		libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin]	intonation
.		gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt]	moai
ː		dar^ⓘ [daːr]	long vowel
◌̯^[6]		cuort^ⓘ [kuɔ̯rt]	now

^ ^a ^b [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
^ ^a ^b Realization varies among dialects.
^ ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
^ Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
^ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
^ Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

[transcr-1] [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.

[dial-2] Realization varies among dialects.

[3] ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.

[4] Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.

[5] Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.

[6] Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

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