Help:IPA/Sorbian

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Sorbian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Sorbian 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian 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	Nearest English equivalent
L	U
b		bałma (U)[a]	boot
bʲ		bjakać (U)[a]	beautiful
ɕ		šćit (L)[a][b][c]	sheep (L)
d		dań (U)[a]	do
dʲ		[d]	media
dz		licba (L)[a]	lads
dʑ		[a]	jig (L)
dʒ		dźak (U)[a][c]	jug
f		fabula (U)[a]	fool
fʲ		[d]	few
ɡ		gagać (U)[a]	good
ɡʲ		[d]	argue
ɣ		[a]	good, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth
h		habla (U)	hood
hʲ		[d]	heed
j		jadro (U)	yes
k		kabat (U)[a]	scar
kʲ		[d]	skew
l		lac (U)	lack
lʲ		[d]	failure
m		mač (U)	moot
mʲ		mjaso (U)	mute
n		nabać (U)	noon
nʲ		hromadźernja (U)	vinyard
ŋ		[e]	sang
ŋʲ		[e]	sing
p		pad (U)[a]	span
pʲ		pjany (U)[a]	spew
r	ʁ	rad (U)[f]	American atom (L) French rouge (U)
rʲ	ʁʲ	rjadka (U)[f]	American catty (L) French rime (U)
s		sadło (U)[a]	soup
ʃ		šach (U)[a][c]	rush
t		tajić (U)[a]	stand
tʲ		[d]	stew (RP)
tɕ		[a][c]	chip (L)
ts		całta (U)[a]	cats
tʃ		ćahać (U)[a][c]	chop
v		vatikanski (U)[a]	voodoo
vʲ		[d]	view
w		wačka (U)	boot, but without lips completely closed
wʲ		wjaznyć (U)	between wet and yet
x		čichawa (U)	loch (Scottish); ugh
xʲ		[d]	huge
z		zabić (U)[a]	zoo
ʑ		[a][c]	prestige (L)
ʒ		žaba (U)[a][c]	pleasure

Vowels
IPA		Examples	Nearest English equivalent
L	U
a		pask (U)	father
ɛ		pesimistiski (U)[d][g]	met
ɪ		pĕseń (U)[d][g][h]	kit
i		pisać (U)[g]	meet
ɨ		pysk (U)[g]	roses (for some dialects)
ɔ		posyć (U)	off
	ʊ	póstniski (U)[h][i]	pull
u		pusty (U)	pool

IPA		Other
L	U
ˈ		Primary stress. Stress tends to fall on the first syllable of a word.
.		Syllable break.

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