Help:IPA/Igbo
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Igbo language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This reflects Standard Igbo, and dialects may have more or fewer phonemes. 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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! colspan=3 | Consonants | ||
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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align="center" | {{IPA link|b}}
| báà {{IPA|[báà]}} 'enter' | bit | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|d}}
| dèé {{IPA|[dèé]}} 'write' | din | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
| jàá {{IPA|[d͡ʒàá]}} 'praise' | joy | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|f}}
| fópù {{IPA|[fópù]}} 'uproot' | fat | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ɡ}}
| gàá {{IPA|[ɡàá]}} 'go' | gut | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ɡ͡b}}
| gbàá {{IPA|[ɡ͡bàá]}} 'kick' | simultaneous get and bet | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ɡʷ}}
| gwú {{IPA|[ɡʷú]}} 'dig' | Guam | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ɣ}}
| ghé {{IPA|[ɣé]}} 'fry' | Spanish fuego | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|h}}
| há {{IPA|[há]}} 'they' | ham | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|j}}
| yá {{IPA|[já]}} 'him/her/it' | yes | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|k}}
| kámà {{IPA|[kámà]}} 'but' | cut | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|k͡p}}
| kpọ́ {{IPA|[k͡pɔ́]}} 'call' | simultaneous can and pan | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|kʷ}}
| kwé {{IPA|[kʷé]}} 'agree' | aquatic | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|l}}
| lèé {{IPA|[lèé]}} 'agree' | left | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|m}}
| àmà {{IPA|[àmà]}} 'witness' | map | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|m̩}}
| mbè {{IPA|[m̩bè]}} 'tortoise' | prism | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|n}}
| nèé {{IPA|[nèé]}} 'see' | nose | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|n̩}}
| ńnà {{IPA|[ń̩nà]}} 'father' | button | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| nyàá {{IPA|[ɲàá]}} 'drive' | canyon | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ŋ}}
| ṅụ́ {{IPA|[ŋʊ́]}} 'father' | sing | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ŋʷ}}
| nwụ́ {{IPA|[ŋʷʊ́]}} 'drink' | sing with | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|p}}
| pá {{IPA|[pá]}} 'carry' | pit | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|r}}
| rèé {{IPA|[rèé]}} 'sell' | Spanish perro | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|s}}
| sèé {{IPA|[sèé]}} 'draw' | sit | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|ʃ}}
| ị̀shá {{IPA|[ɪ̀ʃá]}} 'crayfish' | ship | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|t}}
| tá {{IPA|[tá]}} 'chew' | tip | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}
| chèé {{IPA|[t͡ʃèé]}} 'think' | chip | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|v}}
| Àví {{IPA|[àví]}} 'proper name' | vat | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|w}}
| wèré {{IPA|[wèré]}} 'take' | we | ||
align="center" | {{IPA link|z}}
| zèé {{IPA|[zèé]}} 'dodge' | zoo |
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! colspan=3 | Vowels | ||
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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align="center" | {{IPAlink|a}}
| áká {{IPA|[áká]}} 'hand' | bra | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|e}}
| éké {{IPA|[ékè]}} 'python' | bay | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|i}}
| ìse {{IPA|[ìsɛ́]}} 'pot' | meat | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|ɪ}}
| ị́kpà {{IPA|[ɪ́k͡pà]}} 'to weave' | pit | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|o}}
| ólú {{IPA|[ólú]}} 'neck' | story | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|ɔ}}
| ọ́kụ́ {{IPA|[ɔ́kʊ́]}} 'fire' | off | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|u}}
| ùdó {{IPA|[ùdó]}} 'peace' | fool | ||
align="center" | {{IPAlink|ʊ}}
| ụ́sụ́ {{IPA|[ʊ́sʊ́]}} 'bat' | put |
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! colspan="3" | Tone |
IPA
!Examples !Explanation |
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align="center" | {{IPAlink|◌́}}
| ụ́sụ́ {{IPA|[ʊ́sʊ́]}} 'bat' | High tone |
align="center" | {{IPAlink|◌̀}}
| àmà {{IPA|[àmà]}} 'witness' | Low tone |
align="center" | {{IPAlink|ꜜ◌}}
| égōEme and Uba use ◌̄ to represent downstep, but it properly refers to mid tone in IPA. {{IPA|[éɡꜜo]}} 'money' | Downstep |
Notes
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Bibliography
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- {{cite journal |last1=Eme |first1=Cecilia Amaoge |last2=Uba |first2=Ebele Deborah |date=2016 |title=A Contrastive Study of the Phonology of Igbo and Yoruba |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ujah/article/view/137183 |journal=UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=65–84 |doi=10.4314/ujah.v17i1.4 |access-date=2021-12-13}}
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See also
- {{clc|Pages with Igbo IPA|pages}}
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