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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) 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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|+ Consonants

! rowspan="2" | IPA

! colspan="2" | Orthography

! rowspan="2" | {{nowrap|English approximation}}

{{abbr|azb|Iranian Azerbaijani}}

! {{abbr|azj|Caucasian Azerbaijani}}

{{IPAlink|b}}

| ب

| b

| style="text-align: left;" | about

{{IPAlink|c}}

| ک

| rowspan="2" | k

| style="text-align: left;" | skew

{{IPAlink|ç}}Allophone of {{IPA|/c/}} before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.

| ح

| style="text-align: left;" | hue

{{IPAlink|d̪|d}}

| د

| d

| style="text-align: left;" | ado

{{IPAlink|dz}}Only used in certain dialects.

| rowspan="2" | ج

| rowspan="2" | c

| style="text-align: left;" | adze

{{IPAlink|dʒ}}

| style="text-align: left;" | jump

{{IPAlink|f}}

| ف

| f

| style="text-align: left;" | food

{{IPAlink|ɡ}}

| ق

| q

| style="text-align: left;" | ago

{{IPAlink|ɣ}}

| غ

| ğ

| style="text-align: left;" | Spanish amigo

{{IPAlink|h}}

| ه

| h

| style="text-align: left;" | home

{{IPAlink|j}}

| ی

| y

| style="text-align: left;" | yet

{{IPAlink|ɟ}}

| گ

| g

| style="text-align: left;" | argue

{{IPAlink|k}}{{refn|Occurs only in loanwords from Russian and as a result of the first [ɡ] devoicing when geminated, resulting in [kg].{{sfn|Səlimi|1976|pp=38–39}}|name=velar}}

| ک

| k

| style="text-align: left;" | score

{{IPAlink|l}}

| ل

| l

| style="text-align: left;" | late

{{IPAlink|m}}

| م

| m

| style="text-align: left;" | much

{{IPAlink|n}}

| rowspan="2" | ن

| rowspan="3" | n

| style="text-align: left;" | not

{{IPAlink|ɲ}}Allophone of {{IPA|/n/}} before {{IPA|[ɟ]}} and {{IPA|[c]}}.

| style="text-align: left;" | canyon

{{IPAlink|ŋ}}Allophone of {{IPA|/n/}} before {{IPA|[ɡ]}} and {{IPA|[k]}}.

| ݣ

| style="text-align: left;" | wing

{{IPAlink|p}}

| پ

| p

| style="text-align: left;" | span

{{IPAlink|ɾ}}

| ر

| r

| style="text-align: left;" | American atom

{{IPAlink|s}}

| س/ص/ث

| s

| style="text-align: left;" | send

{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

| ش

| ş

| style="text-align: left;" | shoe

{{IPAlink|t̪|t}}

| ت/ط

| t

| style="text-align: left;" | stable

{{IPAlink|ts}}

| rowspan="2" | چ

| rowspan="2" | ç

| style="text-align: left;" | bits

{{IPAlink|tʃ}}

| style="text-align: left;" | change

{{IPAlink|v}}

| rowspan="2" | و

| rowspan="2" | v

| style="text-align: left;" | vase

{{IPAlink|w}}Allophone of {{IPA|/v/}} after a vowel.

| style="text-align: left;" | wet

{{IPAlink|x}}

| خ

| x

| style="text-align: left;" | Scottish loch

{{IPAlink|z}}

| ز/ذ/ض/ظ

| z

| style="text-align: left;" | zone

{{IPAlink|ʒ}}

| ژ

| j

| style="text-align: left;" | leisure

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|+ Vowels

! rowspan="2" | IPA

! colspan="2" | Orthography

! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | {{nowrap|English approximation}}

{{abbr|azb|Iranian Azerbaijani}}

! {{abbr|azj|Caucasian Azerbaijani}}

colspan="4" |Monophthongs
{{IPAlink|ɑ}}

| آ

| a

| style="text-align: left;" | father

{{IPAlink|æ}}

| اَ

| ə

| style="text-align: left;" | cat

{{IPAlink|e̞|e}}

|ائ

| e

| style="text-align: left;" | bed

{{IPAlink|i}}

|اِ،Only occurs in loanwords from languages written in the Arabic script. ای

| i

| style="text-align: left;" | creek

{{IPAlink|o}}

| او

| o

| style="text-align: left;" | story

{{IPAlink|œ}}

| اؤ

| ö

| style="text-align: left;" | bird

{{IPAlink|u}}

| اُ، اوُ

| u

| style="text-align: left;" | cool

{{IPAlink|ɯ}}

|اؽ

| ı

| style="text-align: left;" | roses

{{IPAlink|y}}

| اۆ

| ü

| style="text-align: left;" | somewhat like cute

colspan="4" |Diphthongs{{further|Azerbaijani language#Diphthongs}}
ow(v){{refn|Occurs in Caucasian Azerbaijani dialects, particularly those of Baku, Shamakhi, and Mughan.{{sfn|Səlimi|1976|pp=49–51}}|name=caucasus ow}}

| rowspan="2" |اوو

| rowspan="2" |ov

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |mole

oʋ{{refn|Occurs in the dialect of Tabriz.{{sfn|Səlimi|1976|pp=49–51}}|name=iran ow}}
œy̯(v){{refn|name=caucasus ow}}

| rowspan="2" |اؤو

| rowspan="2" |öv

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left;" |somewhat like French hébreu

œw{{refn|name=iran ow}}

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|+ Suprasegmentals

! IPA

! Examples

! Meaning

{{IPAlink|ˈ}}

| Bakı
{{IPA|[bɑˈcɯ]}}

| style="text-align: left;" | stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)

{{IPAlink|ː}}

| barı
{{IPA|[ˈbɑːɾɯ]}}

| style="text-align: left;" | long vowel

|}

Notes

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References

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{cite thesis |first=Hüseynqulu |last=Səlimi |date=1976 |title=A generative phonology of Azerbaijani |url=https://archive.org/details/generativephonol00sali |type=PhD |publisher=University of Florida |id=ARK [https://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t1tf4s495 13960/t1tf4s495]. {{OL|18319A}}. |oclc=1045615622}}

{{Refend}}

See also

  • {{clc|Pages with Azerbaijani IPA|pages}}

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