Help:IPA/Macedonian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Macedonian 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 Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Macedonian.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b баба box
c ќерка, куќа cute
d дом dust
d͡z ѕвезда, ѕид birds
d͡ʒ џеб jab
f фалба, прв fact
ɡ гулаб, goo
ɟ ѓавол argue
j јас yes
k куќа, југ skill
l лимон leap
ɫ лук all
ʎ љубов million
m море mocha
n нос north
ɲ бања canyon
ŋ банка sing
p пет, даб speak
r рака trilled r, like in Spanish
прст US: verb (trilled)
s стол salt, mask
ʃ шума sugar
t тајна, запад style
t͡s цар bats
t͡ʃ човек cheese
v вода view
x херој loch (Scottish English)
z зима zoo
ʒ жолт pleasure
Marginal consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
ɫ̩ монокл little
кловн button
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a брат father
ɛ еден edge
i сив police
ɔ слон off
u убав pool
Marginal vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ə ксмет sofa
Other symbols
IPA Description
ˈ Stress on the following syllable