This is the
pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Belarusian on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Belarusian 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.
^Belarusian has a contrast between
palatalized ("soft") and unpalatalized ("hard") consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript j, ⟨ʲ⟩,are pronounced with the body of the
tongue raised toward the
hard palate, like the articulation of the y sound in yes. /j/ is also soft, but /d,t,d͡ʐ,t͡ʂ,r,ʂ,ʐ/ are always hard.
^
abc/v/ and /l/ merge into /w/⟨ў⟩ before consonants.
^
abcUnstressed /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are reduced to [a]. Unlike Russian, this is reflected in writing.
^
ab[i] and [ɨ] are in
complementary distribution: [i] occurs after soft consonants; [ɨ] occurs after hard consonants.
^The "soft" vowel letters ⟨я, е, і, ё, ю⟩ represent a /j/ and a vowel when they are initial or after other vowels.
^Ten Belarusian consonants can be contrastively geminated: /d͡zʲː,d͡ʐː,lʲː,nʲː,sʲː,ʂː,t͡sʲː,t͡ʂː,zʲː,ʐː/.
This is the
pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Belarusian on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Belarusian 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.
^Belarusian has a contrast between
palatalized ("soft") and unpalatalized ("hard") consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript j, ⟨ʲ⟩,are pronounced with the body of the
tongue raised toward the
hard palate, like the articulation of the y sound in yes. /j/ is also soft, but /d,t,d͡ʐ,t͡ʂ,r,ʂ,ʐ/ are always hard.
^
abc/v/ and /l/ merge into /w/⟨ў⟩ before consonants.
^
abcUnstressed /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are reduced to [a]. Unlike Russian, this is reflected in writing.
^
ab[i] and [ɨ] are in
complementary distribution: [i] occurs after soft consonants; [ɨ] occurs after hard consonants.
^The "soft" vowel letters ⟨я, е, і, ё, ю⟩ represent a /j/ and a vowel when they are initial or after other vowels.
^Ten Belarusian consonants can be contrastively geminated: /d͡zʲː,d͡ʐː,lʲː,nʲː,sʲː,ʂː,t͡sʲː,t͡ʂː,zʲː,ʐː/.