 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Sorbian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Sorbian 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian 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 | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
 L |
 U | ||
| b | bałma (U)[a] | boot | |
| bʲ | bjakać (U)[a] | beautiful | |
| ɕ | šćit (L)[a][b][c] | sheep (L) | |
| d | dań (U)[a] | do | |
| dʲ | [d] | media | |
| dz | licba (L)[a] | lads | |
| dʑ | [a] | jig (L) | |
| dʒ | dźak (U)[a][c] | jug | |
| f | fabula (U)[a] | fool | |
| fʲ | [d] | few | |
| ɡ | gagać (U)[a] | good | |
| ɡʲ | [d] | argue | |
| ɣ | [a] | good, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth | |
| h | habla (U) | hood | |
| hʲ | [d] | heed | |
| j | jadro (U) | yes | |
| k | kabat (U)[a] | scar | |
| kʲ | [d] | skew | |
| l | lac (U) | lack | |
| lʲ | [d] | failure | |
| m | mač (U) | moot | |
| mʲ | mjaso (U) | mute | |
| n | nabać (U) | noon | |
| nʲ | hromadźernja (U) | vinyard | |
| ŋ | [e] | sang | |
| ŋʲ | [e] | sing | |
| p | pad (U)[a] | span | |
| pʲ | pjany (U)[a] | spew | |
| r | ʁ | rad (U)[f] | American atom (L) French rouge (U) |
| rʲ | ʁʲ | rjadka (U)[f] | American catty (L) French rime (U) |
| s | sadło (U)[a] | soup | |
| ʃ | šach (U)[a][c] | rush | |
| t | tajić (U)[a] | stand | |
| tʲ | [d] | stew (RP) | |
| tɕ | [a][c] | chip (L) | |
| ts | całta (U)[a] | cats | |
| tʃ | ćahać (U)[a][c] | chop | |
| v | vatikanski (U)[a] | voodoo | |
| vʲ | [d] | view | |
| w | wačka (U) | boot, but without lips completely closed | |
| wʲ | wjaznyć (U) | between wet and yet | |
| x | čichawa (U) | loch (Scottish); ugh | |
| xʲ | [d] | huge | |
| z | zabić (U)[a] | zoo | |
| ʑ | [a][c] | prestige (L) | |
| ʒ | žaba (U)[a][c] | pleasure | |
| Vowels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
L |
U | ||
| a | pask (U) | father | |
| ɛ | pesimistiski (U)[d][g] | met | |
| ɪ | pĕseń (U)[d][g][h] | kit | |
| i | pisać (U)[g] | meet | |
| ɨ | pysk (U)[g] | roses (for some dialects) | |
| ɔ | posyć (U) | off | |
| ʊ | póstniski (U)[h][i] | pull | |
| u | pusty (U) | pool | |
| IPA | Other | |
|---|---|---|
L |
U | |
| ˈ | Primary stress. Stress tends to fall on the first syllable of a word. | |
| . | Syllable break. | |
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