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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Venetian 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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Consonants
IPA			from Latin	Examples^[1]	English approximation
C & N	C, V & S	N & E	from Latin	Examples^[1]	English approximation
b			b	barba, sbaro	bike
k			c	coa, checa, tenca; karèga; quacio	scar
d			d, t	dove, idra	done
dʒ			gl	gèmo, giara; ġarón, ġen	jab
f	f		f	sfalto, fìnferli, frànboła	fat
h^[2]	f		f	fìnferli, rufa; ahari, hémena	fat or hat
ɡ			g, c	gato, figo, ghìngari, rughe	gas
l			l	làrese, molton, stèla	lip
l	ɰ^[3]	l	l	łate, goła	roughly like toll
m			m	mare, rema	mother
n			n	nasion, ànara	nest
ŋ			-n	ladiṅ, piroṅ; óngara, venco, canpo^[4]	sing
ɲ			gn, ni	cugnà, gnaro; ñel, ñaña	canyon
p			p	popà, despèrdere	spin
ɾ^[5]			r	rosto, vara	atom (American English)
s			s	soto, baston, strassa	sorry
θ	s	ts	c, ti	zata, marz, nòzze; çanpedon, petaça; cazhòt, zhèrzha	thing, sorry or cats
t			t	talpa, butiro, gat	star
tʃ			cl	cèrega, ciaro, moc'; ċave	chip
v			v, b, p	vaca, ava	vent
z			s, c	àseno, sbaro; ṡio, onṡo; xe, piaxe	zipper
ð	z	dz	g, di, z	zaino; żenòcio, franża; fredha, ordho; đanđivi, lapiđea	this, zipper or dads

Marginal consonants^[6]
IPA	from Latin	Examples	English approximation
ʎ	li	artiglièr, batàglia	million
ʃ	s	šchena, mešedà	ship
ʒ	-	žal, ruža	measure

Semivowels
IPA	from Latin	Examples	English approximation
j	i, li,	jèri, ajo; lezièr; yacht	you
w	u	suòr, aqua; web	wine

Vowels
IPA	from Latin	Examples	English approximation
a	a	aqua, man	father
e	e, i	feta, paré	pay
ɛ	e, i	ghènga, perèr	bed
i	i	fio, intrada	see
o	o, u	bote, bogó	law (British English)
ɔ	o, u	fiòco, poro	off
u	u	duto, dudolèr	tool

Suprasegmentals
IPA	-	Examples	English approximation
ˈ	-	ponàro [poˈnaɾo]	bottle
ˌ	-	liberamente [ˌlibeɾaˈmeŋte]	intonation
.	-	fio [ˈfi.o]	moai

^ There is not an unified Venitian orthography. The same sound is rappresented with various letters, depending on the writer. The same writer would usually use the same letter for on sound.
^ Only occurring between vowels in a small number of dialects around Feltre.
^ Often realized as a non-syllabic [e̯] or omitted. In some dialects it is pronounced [l].
^ As in most Northern Italian languages, nasals do not assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant, differently from what happens in standard Italian. In Venetian, [ŋ] (in Italian only occurring in /nɡ/, /nk/) is used in all nasal plus consonant clusters: e.g. canpo [ˈkaŋpo], cantoṅ [kaŋˈtoŋ].
^ The phoneme /r/ in Venetian is almost always an alveolar flap, but for some it may be retroflex [ɽ].
^ Only used in few dialects or in loanwords.

[1] There is not an unified Venitian orthography. The same sound is rappresented with various letters, depending on the writer. The same writer would usually use the same letter for on sound.

[2] Only occurring between vowels in a small number of dialects around Feltre.

[3] Often realized as a non-syllabic [e̯] or omitted. In some dialects it is pronounced [l].

[nasal-4] As in most Northern Italian languages, nasals do not assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant, differently from what happens in standard Italian. In Venetian, [ŋ] (in Italian only occurring in /nɡ/, /nk/) is used in all nasal plus consonant clusters: e.g. canpo [ˈkaŋpo], cantoṅ [kaŋˈtoŋ].

[5] The phoneme /r/ in Venetian is almost always an alveolar flap, but for some it may be retroflex [ɽ].

[6] Only used in few dialects or in loanwords.

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