Help:IPA for Albanian
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Albanian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Albanian language for a more thorough look at the sounds of Albanian.
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Consonants |
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|---|---|---|
| IPA | Orthography | English approximation |
| b | b | bat |
| c | q | Roughly like RP Tuesday |
| d | d | debt |
| dz | x | goods |
| dʒ | xh | jet |
| ð | dh | then |
| f | f | far |
| ɡ | g | go |
| h | h | hat |
| j | j | yes |
| ɟ | gj | Roughly like RP due |
| k | k | car |
| l | l | lean |
| ɫ | ll | wool |
| m | m | man |
| n | n | not |
| ɲ | nj | onion |
| ŋ | ng | bang |
| p | p | pen |
| r | rr | rolled r [1] |
| ɾ | r | butter (American English) [1] |
| s | s | son |
| ʃ | sh | show |
| t | t | tan |
| ts | c | hats |
| tʃ | ç[2] | chin |
| v | v | van |
| z | z | zip |
| ʒ | zh | vision |
| θ | th | thin |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Written as | English approximation |
| a | a | father |
| ɛ | e | bed |
| ə | ë | about, thug |
| i | i | seed |
| ɔ | o | law |
| u | u | boot |
| y | y | Similar to [i] made with rounded lips |
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b The contrast between flapped r and trilled rr is the same as in Spanish. English does not have either of the two sounds phonemically.
- ^ The letter ç is sometimes written ch due to technical limitations because of its use in English sound and its analogy to the other digraphs xh, sh, and zh. Usually it is written simply c or more rarely q with context resolving any ambiguities.
