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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Esperanto 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}}.

See Esperanto phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Esperanto.

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|+ Consonants

IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|b}}

|{{lang|eo|bela}}

| best

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|t͡s}}

|{{lang|eo|enciklopedio
celo}}

|pizza

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}

|{{lang|eo|ĉar }}

|cheese

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|d}}

|{{lang|eo|devi }}

|debt

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|f}}

|{{lang|eo|fero }}

|face

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|ɡ}}

|{{lang|eo|gumo }}

|go

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}

|{{lang|eo|ĝeni }}

|Jane

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|h}}

|{{lang|eo|havi }}

|high

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|x}}

|{{lang|eo|monaĥo
ĥaoso
}}

|loch

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|j}}

|{{lang|eo|jaro }}

|you

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|ʒ}}

|{{lang|eo|heredaĵo
ĵurnalo }}

|vision

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|k}}

|{{lang|eo|kilo}}

|keen

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|l}}

|{{lang|eo|lerni }}

|lean

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|m}}

|{{lang|eo|mapo }}

|mother

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|n}}

|{{lang|eo|nazo }}

|need

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|p}}

|{{lang|eo|perlo}}

|pearl

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|r}}

|{{lang|eo|resti }}

|far (Scottish English)

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|s}}

|{{lang|eo|sekvi }}

|sell

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

|{{lang|eo|ŝelko }}

|shadow

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|t}}

|{{lang|eo|teritorio }}

|territory

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|v}}

|{{lang|eo|valvo }}

|valve

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|z}}

|{{lang|eo|zinko }}

|zinc

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|+ Vowels

IPA

! Examples

English approximation
style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|ä|a}}

| {{lang|eo|sana}}

| father

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|e̞|e}}

| {{lang|eo|bele}}

| bell

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|i}}

| {{lang|eo|vidi}}

| seat

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|o̞|o}}

| {{lang|eo|modo}}

| more

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPAlink|u}}

|{{lang|eo|ŝutu }}

| cool

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|+ Diphthongs

IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|ai̯}}

|{{lang|eo|pajlo; gaja; veraj}}

|bye

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|au̯}}

|{{lang|eo|daŭri; naŭa; hodiaŭ}}

|about

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|ei̯}}

|{{lang|eo|vejno; lernejo}}

|bay

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|eu̯}}

|{{lang|eo|feŭdo; Eŭropo}}

|go (some dialects{{efn|These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American, Northern England, Welsh, Scottish and Irish English, have no close equivalent vowel}})

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|oi̯}}

|{{lang|eo|sojlo; vojo; kukoj}}

|boy

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|ui̯}}

|{{lang|eo|tuj; Francujo; kiuj}}

|booyah; Gruyère

style="text-align:center;" |{{IPA|ou̯}}

|{{lang|eo|poŭpo; toŭfuo}}

|goal

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Notes

{{Notelist}}

See also

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

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