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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Walloon
The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) represents Walloon language pronunciation 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[1]
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
barbôjhe
|
bin
|
| ç
|
schåyî[2]
|
hue
|
| χ
|
Scottish loch, German Bach
|
| d
|
deût
|
do
|
| dʒ
|
djanvî
|
jeep
|
| f
|
foû
|
festival
|
| ɡ
|
gayole, gueuye
|
gain
|
| h[2]
|
hagnon
|
hatch
|
| k
|
stoumak, cwand
|
sky
|
| l
|
lére
|
loo
|
| m
|
monde
|
moo
|
| n
|
nawe
|
no
|
| ɲ
|
dignité
|
roughly like canyon
|
| p
|
aprinde
|
spy
|
| ʀ
|
arester
|
French frère
|
| s[3]
|
sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu
|
sing
|
| ʃ
|
chal, shijhinme,[3] xhaxhler[2]
|
shelf
|
| t
|
tins
|
stop
|
| tʃ
|
tchestea
|
chip
|
| v
|
vint
|
love
|
| z
|
zûner
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
måjhon[2]
|
leisure
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
yebe, beacôp
|
yes
|
| w
|
walon, moes
|
wind
|
|
| Vowels[4]
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Short vowels
|
| a
|
gade
|
RP pat
|
| e
|
évôs
|
hey
|
| ɛ
|
efant, dalaedje
|
bet
|
| ɪ
|
pitit
|
kit
|
| ɔ
|
soris
|
off
|
| ø
|
djeu
|
bird
|
| ʊ
|
atouwer
|
book
|
| y
|
pus
|
roughly like root (some dialects)[5]; French rue
|
| Long vowels
|
| ɑː[6]
|
djåzer, diâle
|
large or board
|
| ɛː[7]
|
gaiyté, fêye
|
bed or Scottish bait
|
| iː
|
pî
|
see
|
| oː
|
rôze
|
board
|
| uː[8]
|
noû
|
cool
|
| yː
|
ût
|
roughly like rude (some dialects)[5]; French rue, but longer
|
| Nasal vowels
|
| ɑ̃[6]
|
blanc
|
croissant
|
| ẽ
|
bén
|
roughly like ring
|
| ɛ̃[7]
|
rinde
|
Chopin
|
| ɔ̃
|
djondou
|
roughly like American bone
|
| œ̃
|
djun
|
roughly like sung
|
|
- ^ Walloon consonants are devoiced word-finally, i.e. /d/ changes to [t], /dʒ/ to [tʃ], /z/ to [s], and so on. This is not shown in the spelling.
- ^ a b c d The groups ⟨sch⟩, ⟨jh⟩ and ⟨xh⟩ are all realized as simply [h] in certain dialects. ⟨sch⟩ may also surface as [ʃ] or [sk].
- ^ a b The digraph ⟨sh⟩ is pronounced [s] in some varieties, [ʃ] in others.
- ^ As in French, stress always falls on the last vowel in Walloon.
- ^ a b These dialects include modern Received Pronunciation and most forms of English English (with some exceptions such as Yorkshire), Australian, New Zealand, White South African, Scottish, Ulster, Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and California English. Other dialects of English, such as Northern American, New York City, New England, African American Vernacular, Welsh and Republic of Ireland English, have no close equiavalent vowel.
- ^ a b /ɑː/ and /ɑ̃/ show variation with [aː]/[ɔː]/[oː] and [ɔ̃], respectively.
- ^ a b Open-mid /ɛː/ and /ɛ̃/ may be close-mid [eː] and [ẽ].
- ^ Merges with [yː] in some dialects.
