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

IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
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}}

| m {{IPA|[m̩bè]}} 'tortoise'

| prism

align="center" | {{IPA link|n}}

| nèé {{IPA|[nèé]}} 'see'

| nose

align="center" | {{IPA link|n̩}}

| ń {{IPA|[ń̩nà]}} 'father'

| button

align="center" | {{IPA link|ɲ}}

| nyàá {{IPA|[ɲàá]}} 'drive'

| canyon

align="center" | {{IPA link|ŋ}}

| ụ́ {{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

IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
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}}

| ó {{IPA|[ólú]}} 'neck'

| story

align="center" | {{IPAlink|ɔ}}

| ọ́kụ́ {{IPA|[ɔ́kʊ́]}} 'fire'

| off

align="center" | {{IPAlink|u}}

| ù {{IPA|[ùdó]}} 'peace'

| fool

align="center" | {{IPAlink|ʊ}}

| ụ́sụ́ {{IPA|[ʊ́sʊ́]}} 'bat'

| put

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! colspan="3" | Tone

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!Examples

!Explanation

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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