Help:IPA/Greenlandic

|+ Consonants{{efn|name=geminate|Between vowels, Greenlandic consonants can occur either short or long. In IPA, long consonants may be written doubled or be followed by the length sign: {{IPA|/nn/}} or {{IPA|/nː/}}. Long fricatives are voiceless.}}

| align="left"| agguut

|align="left"| hue

| align="left"| affaq

|align="left"| for

| align="left"| igaaq

|align="left"| Spanish fuego

| align="left"| qajaq

|align="left"| yes

| align="left"| kukik

|align="left"| ski

| align="left"| aleqa

|align="left"| land

| align="left"| illu

|align="left"| By getting the tongue up to the roof and giving a quick breath out; Welsh llwyd.

| align="left"|mannik

|align="left"| man

| align="left"| nuna

|align="left"| now

| align="left"| angut

|align="left"| sing

| align="left"| arnaq {{efn|name=rn|The uvular nasal {{IPA|[ɴ]}} is not found in all dialects and there is dialectal variability regarding its status as a phoneme}}

|align="left"| like ng but further down the throat

| align="left"| putu

|align="left"| spoil

| align="left"| qajaq

|align="left"| like k but further down the throat

| align="left"| erinaq

|align="left"| French rester

| align="left"| sisamat

|align="left"| soon

| align="left"| tallimat

|align="left"| stop

| align="left"| timi, atsa {{efn|name=ts|Short {{IPA|[t͡s]}} is in complementary distribution with short {{IPA|[t]}}, with the former appearing before {{IPA|/i/}} and the latter elsewhere; both are written ⟨t⟩ and could be analysed as belonging to the same phoneme {{IPA|/t/}}. Before {{IPA|/i/}}, long {{IPA|[tt͡s]}} occurs while long {{IPA|[tt]}} doesn't, so long {{IPA|[tt͡s]}} before {{IPA|/i/}} could be analysed as long {{IPA|/tt/}}. However, before {{IPA|/a/}} and {{IPA|/u/}}, both long {{IPA|[tt͡s]}} and long {{IPA|[tt]}} occur (except in some dialects, including that of Greenland's third largest town). Long {{IPA|[tt͡s]}} is always written ⟨ts⟩}}

|align="left"| cats

| align="left"| savik

|align="left"| love

| align="left"| tarraq

|align="left"| like Scottish loch but further down the throat

|+ Vowels

| align="left"| aja

|align="left"| cat

| align="left"| aak

|align="left"| mad

| align="left"| qajaq{{efn|name=lower|The vowels {{IPA|/a, i, u/}} are lowered to {{IPA|[ɑ, ɛ~ɜ, ɔ]}}, respectively, before uvular consonants {{IPA|/q, ʁ/}}.}}

|align="left"| like father, but shorter

| align="left"| aaq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"| father

| align="left"| erneq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"| between bet and about

| align="left"| meeraq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"| between bear and burn

| align="left"| isi

|align="left"| meat

| align="left"| kiinaq

|align="left"| knee

| align="left"| oqaq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"| off

| align="left"| sooq{{efn|name=lower}}

|align="left"| more

| align="left"| pukusuk

|align="left"| cool (short)

| align="left"| nuna{{efn|name=u|{{IPA|/u/}} is fronted to {{IPA|[ʉ]}} between two coronal consonants.}}

|align="left"| goose (some dialects{{efn|These dialects most accents of Southern England English (including Multicultural London English, Cockney, Estuary English and modern Received Pronunciation), Scouse, Mancunian, Australian English, New Zealand English, Scottish English, Ulster English, Southern American English, Midland American English, Philadelphia-Baltimore English, Western Pennsylvania English and California English. Other dialects have no close equivalent vowel sound.}})

| align="left"| kuuk

|align="left"| cool (long)

| align="left"| ipi{{efn|name=y|{{IPA|/i/}} is rounded to {{IPA|[y]}} before labial consonants.}}

|align="left"| roughly like meat, but with rounded lips

| align="left"| iliorarpai

|align="left"| irate