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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Corsican
The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican 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
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| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
babbu; porta; vai
|
bike
|
| c
|
chjosu; machja
|
skew
|
| d
|
dormi; tettu
|
done
|
| dz
|
zitellu; pranzu
|
dads
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| dʒ
|
gioia; piace
|
jab
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| ɖ
|
eddu; coraddu; stadda
|
dine (Indian English)
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| ð[1]
|
donna; strada
|
this
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| f
|
fora; goffu
|
fast
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| ɡ[2]
|
gattu; buttega; ringhera; focu
|
gas
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| ɟ[3]
|
ghjornu; oghje
|
argue
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| k
|
corsu; bocca; chi; quale; kiwi
|
scar
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| l[4]
|
latru; ellu
|
lip
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| ʎ
|
famiglia; agliu
|
roughly like million
|
| m
|
mele; mamaa; campu [5]
|
mother
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| ɱ
|
infini[5]
|
some value
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| n
|
neve; cennu
|
nest
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| ŋ
|
cinque; ringhera[5]
|
sing
|
| ɲ
|
bisognu; castagnu
|
roughly like canyon
|
| p
|
pesciu; porgu; caspa
|
spin
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| r
|
rasoghju; ferru; persi
|
Trilled r, Spanish: perro
|
| s[6]
|
seccu; strada; quessu
|
sorry
|
| ʃ
|
sceffu; pesciu
|
ship
|
| t
|
tuttu; attentu
|
star
|
| ts
|
zappatu; lazza
|
cats
|
| tʃ
|
cecu; ci
|
chip
|
| v
|
servici; aviò: frittu; watt
|
vent
|
| z
|
casa
|
zipper
|
| ʒ
|
sgiò; brusgera
|
measure
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
più; meiu, gabbia; Aiacciu; yacht
|
you
|
| w
|
quale; guerra; neve; basta; week-end
|
wine
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a[7]
|
arma; serà
|
roughly like father
|
| e[8]
|
elettu; meiu
|
roughly like pay
|
| ɛ[8]
|
èpica; terra
|
bed
|
| i
|
i; mì
|
see
|
| o
|
ora; giòvani
|
story
|
| ɔ
|
aviò
|
off
|
| u
|
u; più
|
tool
|
|
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| Suprasegmentals
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ˈ
|
làmpana [ˈlampana]
|
bottle
|
| ˌ
|
prupiamente [ˌprupjaˈmente]
|
intonation
|
| .
|
via [ˈwi.a]
|
moai
|
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- ^ In some dialects, it is omitted or pronounced [r].
- ^ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
- ^ Sometimes pronounced [j].
- ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [r].
- ^ a b c A nasal consonant always assimilates its place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, before /g/ or /k/, it is velar ŋ, and before /v/ or /f/, it is labiodental ɱ. It is alveolar m only before /p/ or /b/.
- ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [ʃ] before [t].
- ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ].
- ^ a b In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ] or [a].
