Help:IPA/Hungarian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hungarian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{tl|IPA}}, {{tl|IPAc-hu}}, and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

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

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IPA ! Examples ! English approximation
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|b}} \| bot, képzés \| boat
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|c}} \| tyúk, ágytól, látja \| roughly like RP stew
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|d̪\|d}} \| dob, hétből \| duck
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|d͡z̪\|d͡z}} \| madzag, ketrecben \| lads
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|d͡ʒ}} \| dzsessz, ácsból \| jug
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|f}} \| fa, szívtam \| fast
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɡ}} \| gép, zsákból \|go
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|h}} \| hó \| happy
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|j}} \| jó, lyuk \| yes
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɟ}} \| gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy \| roughly like RP due
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|k}} \| kép, fogtam \| scat
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|l}} \| ló \| lip
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|m}} \| ma, színpad \| man
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|n̪\|n}} \| nem \| nap
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ŋ}} \| munka \| racing
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɲ}} \| nyár, pinty \| canyon
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|p}} \| pipa, dobtam \| spun
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|r̪\|r}} \| ró, balra \| trilled r, like in Spanish
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|s̪\|s}} \| szó, méztől \| sun
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ʃ}} \| só, sapka, futás \| ship
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|t̪\|t}} \| toll, adhat, átnyúl \| stone
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|t͡s̪\|t͡s}} \| cél, edzhet \| cats
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|t͡ʃ}} \| csak, bridzstől, segítség \| chop
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|v}} \| vág, széfben \| vat
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|z̪\|z}} \| zöld, mészből \| zipper
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ʒ}} \| zseb, hasba \| rouge

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! colspan="3" | Consonants

IPA

! Examples

! English approximation

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

| bot, képzés

| boat

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

| tyúk, ágytól,
látja

| roughly like RP stew

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|d̪|d}}

| dob, hétből

| duck

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|d͡z̪|d͡z}}

| madzag, ketrecben

| lads

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

| dzsessz, ácsból

| jug

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

| fa, szívtam

| fast

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

| gép, zsákból

|go

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

| hó

| happy

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

| jó, lyuk

| yes

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

| gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy

| roughly like RP due

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

| kép, fogtam

| scat

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

| ló

| lip

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

| ma, színpad

| man

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|n̪|n}}

| nem

| nap

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

| munka

| racing

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

| nyár, pinty

| canyon

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

| pipa, dobtam

| spun

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|r̪|r}}

| ró, balra

| trilled r, like in Spanish

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|s̪|s}}

| szó, méztől

| sun

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

| só, sapka, futás

| ship

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|t̪|t}}

| toll, adhat, átnyúl

| stone

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|t͡s̪|t͡s}}

| cél, edzhet

| cats

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

| csak, bridzstől, segítség

| chop

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

| vág, széfben

| vat

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|z̪|z}}

| zöld, mészből

| zipper

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

| zseb, hasba

| rouge

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class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" \| Vowels
IPA ! Examples ! English approximation
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɒ}} \| hat \| conservative RP hot
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ä\|aː}} \| vár \| AuE father
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|æ\|ɛ}} \| ez \| bet
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|e̞\|eː}} \| él \| pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs){{Cite book\|title=Hungarian An Essential Grammar\|last=Rounds\|first=Carol H.\|publisher=Routledge\|year=2009\|isbn=978-0415777377\|location=Routledge\|pages=8}}
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɪ\|i}} \| visz \| happy
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|iː}} \| víz \| knee
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|o}} \|ok \| story (short)
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|oː}} \| tó \| story (long)
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ø̞\|ø}} \| öl \| Somewhat like nurse
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|øː}} \| lő \| Somewhat like purr
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ʊ\|u}} \| ujj \| put
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|uː}} \| út \| school
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ʏ\|y}} \| üt \| Somewhat like cute (but without the initial 'y' sound)
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|yː}} \| tűz \| Somewhat like cue (but without the initial 'y' sound)
colspan="3" \| Marginal vowels
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ɒː}} \| A \| conservative RP nod
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ä\|a}} \| kalcium, Svájc \| AuE but
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|æ\|ɛː}} \| E \| fairy
colspan="3" \| Stress
style="text-align:center;" \| {{IPA link\|ˈ}} \| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" \| Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

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! colspan="3" | Vowels

IPA

! Examples

! English approximation

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

| hat

| conservative RP hot

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ä|aː}}

| vár

| AuE father

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|æ|ɛ}}

| ez

| bet

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|e̞|eː}}

| él

| pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs){{Cite book|title=Hungarian An Essential Grammar|last=Rounds|first=Carol H.|publisher=Routledge|year=2009|isbn=978-0415777377|location=Routledge|pages=8}}

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ɪ|i}}

| visz

| happy

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

| víz

| knee

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

|ok

| story (short)

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

| tó

| story (long)

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ø̞|ø}}

| öl

| Somewhat like nurse

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

| lő

| Somewhat like purr

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ʊ|u}}

| ujj

| put

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

| út

| school

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ʏ|y}}

| üt

| Somewhat like cute (but without the initial 'y' sound)

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

| tűz

| Somewhat like cue (but without the initial 'y' sound)

colspan="3" | Marginal vowels

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

| A

| conservative RP nod

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|ä|a}}

| kalcium, Svájc

| AuE but

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA link|æ|ɛː}}

| E

| fairy

colspan="3" | Stress

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

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

References

Bibliography

{{citation

|last=Szende

|first=Tamás

|year=1994

|title=Illustrations of the IPA: Hungarian

|journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association

|volume=24

|issue=2

|pages=91–94

|doi=10.1017/s0025100300005090

}}

Help:IPA/Hungarian

See also

References

Bibliography