Help:IPA/Azerbaijani

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

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) 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	Orthography		English approximation
IPA	azb	azj	English approximation
b	ب	b	about
c	ک	k	skew
ç^[1]	ح	k	hue
d	د	d	ado
dz^[2]	ج	c	adze
dʒ	ج	c	jump
f	ف	f	food
ɡ	ق	q	ago
ɣ	غ	ğ	Spanish amigo
h	ه	h	home
j	ی	y	yet
ɟ	گ	g	argue
k^[4]	ک	k	score
l	ل	l	late
m	م	m	much
n	ن	n	not
ɲ^[5]	ن		canyon
ŋ^[6]	ݣ		wing
p	پ	p	span
ɾ	ر	r	American atom
s	س/ص/ث	s	send
ʃ	ش	ş	shoe
t	ت/ط	t	stable
ts^[2]	چ	ç	bits
tʃ	چ	ç	change
v	و	v	vase
w^[7]	و	v	wet
x	خ	x	Scottish loch
z	ز/ذ/ض/ظ	z	zone
ʒ	ژ	j	leisure

Vowels
IPA	Orthography		English approximation
IPA	azb	azj	English approximation
Monophthongs
ɑ	آ	a	father
æ	اَ	ə	cat
e	ائ	e	bed
i	اِ،^[8] ای	i	creek
o	او	o	story
œ	اؤ	ö	bird
u	اُ،^[8] اوُ	u	cool
ɯ	اؽ	ı	roses
y	اۆ	ü	somewhat like cute
Diphthongs^[9]
ow(v)^[11]	اوو	ov	mole
oʋ^[12]	اوو	ov	mole
œy̯(v)^[11]	اؤو	öv	somewhat like French hébreu
œw^[12]	اؤو	öv	somewhat like French hébreu

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Examples	Meaning
ˈ	Bakı [bɑˈcɯ]	stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
ː	barı [ˈbɑːɾɯ]	long vowel

^ Allophone of /c/ before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.
^ ^a ^b Only used in certain dialects.
^ Səlimi 1976, pp. 38–39.
^ Occurs only in loanwords from Russian and as a result of the first [ɡ] devoicing when geminated, resulting in [kg].^[3]
^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɟ] and [c].
^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɡ] and [k].
^ Allophone of /v/ after a vowel.
^ ^a ^b Only occurs in loanwords from languages written in the Arabic script.
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^ ^a ^b Səlimi 1976, pp. 49–51.
^ ^a ^b Occurs in Caucasian Azerbaijani dialects, particularly those of Baku, Shamakhi, and Mughan.^[10]
^ ^a ^b Occurs in the dialect of Tabriz.^[10]

[velarfricative_k-1] Allophone of /c/ before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.

[dc-2] Only used in certain dialects.

[FOOTNOTESəlimi197638–39-3] Səlimi 1976, pp. 38–39.

[velar-4] Occurs only in loanwords from Russian and as a result of the first [ɡ] devoicing when geminated, resulting in [kg].^[3]

[ny-5] Allophone of /n/ before [ɟ] and [c].

[ng-6] Allophone of /n/ before [ɡ] and [k].

[v-7] Allophone of /v/ after a vowel.

[short_vowel-8] Only occurs in loanwords from languages written in the Arabic script.

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Further information: Azerbaijani language § Diphthongs

[FOOTNOTESəlimi197649–51-10] Səlimi 1976, pp. 49–51.

[caucasus_ow-11] Occurs in Caucasian Azerbaijani dialects, particularly those of Baku, Shamakhi, and Mughan.^[10]

[iran_ow-12] Occurs in the dialect of Tabriz.^[10]

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