Help:IPA/Adyghe

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Adyghe 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.

See Adyghe phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Adyghe, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b bat ɕ Somewhat like British consume d done dz goods dzʷ dʒ jam f fast ɣ Spanish trigo ɡʷ Gwen ħ somewhat like hat j yes kʷ quality kʼ like cup but ejective kʷʼ like quality but ejective l Somewhat like luck ɬ Welsh llwyd ɬʼ like Welsh llwyd but ejective m man n no p pan pʼ like pan but ejective pʷʼ like French point but ejective q like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق) qʷ like quality but further back r rolled r ʁ French rester ʁʷ French roi s sad ʃ shell ʃʷ somewhat like French choix ʃʼ like shell but ejective ʃʷʼ somewhat like French choix but ejective ʂ Somewhat like North American worship t tap tʼ like tap but ejective tʷʼ like tweet but ejective ts hats tsʷ somewhat like Botswana tsʼ like hats but ejective tʃ chat tʃʼ like chat but ejective tʂ somewhat like trust tʂʼ somewhat like trust but ejective w war x loch (Scottish English) χ Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche χʷ French trois z zoo ʑ Somewhat like British Zeus ʒ vision ʒʷ French joie ʐ Somewhat like North American Persian ʔ the catch in uh-oh! ʔʷ Somewhat like Cockney network Non-native consonants k cup v vet

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɜ nut aː father ɘ about

See also

• Category:Pages with Adyghe IPA (34)