Help:IPA/Albanian
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Albanian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | {| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em;" ! colspan="4" | Consonants | ||
| scope="col" | IPA
! scope="col" | Orthography ! scope="col" | English approximation !Examples | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|b}} | b | bat
|bujtinë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|cç|c}} | q | chance
|qytet |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|d}} | d | debt
|direk |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|dz}} | x | goods
|xibërrishtë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|dʒ}} | xh | jet
|xhevahir |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ð}} | dh | then
|dhellak |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|f}} | f | far
|faleminderit |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɡ}} | g | go
|galdohet |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|h}} | h | hat
|histori |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|j}} | j | yes
|jetë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɟʝ|ɟ}} | gj | jar
|gjueti |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|k}} | k | scar
|kur |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|l}} | l | lean
|lojë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɫ}} | ll | bull
|llaçkë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|m}} | m | man
|mënyrë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|n}} | n | not
|nëntë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɲ}} | nj | canyon
|njeri |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ŋ}} | ng | bang
|ardhang |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|p}} | p | spend
|puna |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|r}} | rr | rolled rThe contrast between flapped r and trilled rr is the same as in Spanish. English does not phonemically have either sound.
|rrushi |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɾ}} | r | American atom
|refuzoj |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|s}} | s | son
|sigurt |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ʃ}} | sh | show
|shko |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|t}} | t | stand
|tahmin |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ts}} | c | hats
|capitje |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|tʃ}} | çThe letter {{angbr|ç}} is sometimes written {{angbr|ch}} due to technical limitations or because of its use in English for the same sound and its analogy to the other digraphs {{angbr|xh}}, {{angbr|sh}}, and {{angbr|zh}}. Usually, it is written simply {{angbr|c}} or, more rarely, {{angbr|q}}, with the context resolving any ambiguities. | chin
|çmendur |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|v}} | v | van
|vërtetë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|z}} | z | zip
|zinxhir |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ʒ}} | zh | vision
|zhulicë |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|θ}} | th | thin
|thuaj |
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! colspan="4" | Vowels | ||
| width="15%" scope="col" | IPA
! scope="col" | Orthography ! scope="col" | English approximation !Examples | ||
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| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ä|a}} | a | father
|kaq |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɛ}} | e | bed
|me |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ə}} | ë | about
|për |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|i}} | i | seed
|çift |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|ɔ}} | rowspan="2" | o | off (Tosk)
|noc |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|o}} | story (Gheg)
|lloj | |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|u}} | u | cool
|nuk |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPAlink|y}} | y | somewhat like cute
|plym |
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| colspan="3" | Suprasegmentals
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| width="15%" scope="col" | IPA
! scope="col" | Examples ! scope="col" | Explanation ! | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ˈ}} | gjahtar {{IPA|[ɟahˈtaɾ]}}
| primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) | |
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See also
- {{Clc|Pages with Albanian IPA|pages}}
Citations
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General and cited references
- {{Cite web |title=Albanian language, alphabets and pronunciation |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/albanian.htm |website=Omniglot.com}}
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