From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language 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 English approximation
b buna , bler bike
d dent , dubel done
[1] agid , jet dew ( British English)
f fitg, flad, clav fast
ɡ gat , galant gas
k carr, architect, aug , kiosc, quai scar
l lavar , milli, val lip
ʎ egl , glieud , bigliet roughly like million
m milli, um mother
n nanin , onns nest
ŋ saung , lungatg sing
ɲ bogn , gnierv roughly like canyon
p papetaria , appartament, verb spin
r ʁ [2] roda , carr , meglra water ( American English) or French rose
s vossa , nus sorry
ʃ schanza, glisch , puspei , scopo ship
t teater , ti, agid star
ts cefra , bellezza, zunt cats
[1] chasa , tgamin stew (British English)
rumantsch , tschetschapuorla chew
v grava , watt vent
z casa , rosa zipper
ʒ sbagl , Svizra, branscha, Grischun measure
Marginal consonants
h [3] haluncs , hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç amih hue
Semivowels
j jeu , Italia, yak you
w quel , ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a banc , clav roughly like father
ə ~  ɐ [4] casa , mellen comma or gut
e bler, pér roughly like pay
ɛ è, pèr bed
i ti, historic see
ɔ pom , toc off
o biro , ovra law (British English)
u o ~  ʊ [2] bun, udir tool or pull
Dialectal vowels [5]
ø chaschöl , ögl roughly like hurt
y mür , bügl roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English example
ˈ comba [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː dar [daːr] long vowel
◌̯ [6] cuort [kuɔ̯rt] now

Notes

  1. ^ a b [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
  2. ^ a b Realization varies among dialects.
  3. ^ ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
  4. ^ Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
  5. ^ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
  6. ^ Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

See also

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language 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 English approximation
b buna , bler bike
d dent , dubel done
[1] agid , jet dew ( British English)
f fitg, flad, clav fast
ɡ gat , galant gas
k carr, architect, aug , kiosc, quai scar
l lavar , milli, val lip
ʎ egl , glieud , bigliet roughly like million
m milli, um mother
n nanin , onns nest
ŋ saung , lungatg sing
ɲ bogn , gnierv roughly like canyon
p papetaria , appartament, verb spin
r ʁ [2] roda , carr , meglra water ( American English) or French rose
s vossa , nus sorry
ʃ schanza, glisch , puspei , scopo ship
t teater , ti, agid star
ts cefra , bellezza, zunt cats
[1] chasa , tgamin stew (British English)
rumantsch , tschetschapuorla chew
v grava , watt vent
z casa , rosa zipper
ʒ sbagl , Svizra, branscha, Grischun measure
Marginal consonants
h [3] haluncs , hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç amih hue
Semivowels
j jeu , Italia, yak you
w quel , ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a banc , clav roughly like father
ə ~  ɐ [4] casa , mellen comma or gut
e bler, pér roughly like pay
ɛ è, pèr bed
i ti, historic see
ɔ pom , toc off
o biro , ovra law (British English)
u o ~  ʊ [2] bun, udir tool or pull
Dialectal vowels [5]
ø chaschöl , ögl roughly like hurt
y mür , bügl roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English example
ˈ comba [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː dar [daːr] long vowel
◌̯ [6] cuort [kuɔ̯rt] now

Notes

  1. ^ a b [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
  2. ^ a b Realization varies among dialects.
  3. ^ ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
  4. ^ Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
  5. ^ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
  6. ^ Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

See also


Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook