Help:IPA/Uzbek

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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Uzbek 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 the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Uzbek 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	Orthography	Cyrillic	Arabic	Approximation
b^[1]	b	б	ب	above
d^[1]	d	д	د	width
dʒ	j	ж	ژ/ج	jeep
ɸ	f	ф	ف	fish but with pursed lips
ɡ^[1]^[2]	g	г	گ	agree
h	h	ҳ	ھ/ح	hat
j	y	й	ي	yes
k^[2]	k	к	ك	skip
l	l	л	ل	lamb
m	m	м	م	mail
n	n	н	ن	new
ŋ	ng	нг	ڭ	song
p	p	п	پ	spin
q	q	қ	ق	like cat, but further down to the uvula.
r	r	р	ر	reign but trilled; like Spanish perro
ʁ	gʻ	ғ	غ	like French Paris
s	s	с	س	saw
ʃ	sh	ш	ش	ship
t^[3]	t	т	ت	stop
tʃ	ch	ч	چ	check
v^[4]	v	в	ۋ	very
w^[1]	v	в	ۋ	wet
χ	x	х	خ	like Scottish English loch but uvular
z^[1]	z	з	ز	zebra
ʒ^[4]	j	ж	ژ	treasure
ʔ	ʼ	ъ	ء/ئ	uh-oh

Vowels
IPA	Orthography	Cyrillic	Arabic	Approximation
æ	a	а	ە	bat
ɒ	o	о	و/ا	hot
e	e	э, е	ې	sell
i	i	и	ى	beet
o	oʻ	ў	و	story
o	o^[4]	о	و	story
u	u	у	ۇ	tool

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Voiced consonants /b, d, ɡ, v, z/ become devoiced when word-final.
^ ^a ^b The velar stops /ɡ, k/ become palatalized (i.e. /ɡʲ, kʲ/ respectively) before back vowels /ɒ, u/.
^ /t/ becomes silent if it appears right after another consonant.
^ ^a ^b ^c Only present in Russian loanwords.

[devoiced-1] Voiced consonants /b, d, ɡ, v, z/ become devoiced when word-final.

[palatal-2] The velar stops /ɡ, k/ become palatalized (i.e. /ɡʲ, kʲ/ respectively) before back vowels /ɒ, u/.

[silent-t-3] /t/ becomes silent if it appears right after another consonant.

[russian-4] Only present in Russian loanwords.

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