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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mandinka 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 Mandinka phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Mandinka.

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! colspan="3" | Consonants

IPA

! Examples

! English approximation

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

| {{lang|mnk|baabaa}}

| beet

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

| {{lang|mnk|capatoo}}

| chat

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

| {{lang|mnk|dendikoo}}

| duck

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

| {{lang|mnk|fee}}

| four

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

| {{lang|mnk|haa}}

| happy

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

| {{lang|mnk|jatoo}}

| jump

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

| {{lang|mnk|kaŋo}}

| kick

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

| {{lang|mnk|loolo}}

| love

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

| {{lang|mnk|mansa}}

| meet

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

| {{lang|mnk|mbaaro}}

| similar to samba

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

| {{lang|mnk|lamfu}}

| similar to armfull

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

| {{lang|mnk|pamparaŋo}}

| similar to pamper

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

| {{lang|mnk|neŋo}}

| not

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

| {{lang|mnk|sancaba}}

| similar to bench

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

| {{lang|mnk|ndaama}}

| similar to sand

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

| {{lang|mnk|njensoo}}

| similar to banjo

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

| {{lang|mnk|nkuusoo}}

| similar to bank

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

| {{lang|mnk|nunsoo}}

| similar to pants

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

| {{lang|mnk|ntolu}}

| similar to banter

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

| {{lang|mnk|fenwofeŋ}}

| similar to downward

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

| {{lang|mnk|ñiŋ}}

| similar to onion

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

| {{lang|mnk|ŋaaji}}

| long

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

| {{lang|mnk|peesa}}

| pink

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

| {{lang|mnk|ruujoo}}

| rolled r

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

| {{lang|mnk|saba}}

| sock

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

| {{lang|mnk|taamaa}}

| tall

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

| {{lang|mnk|wooro}}

| wait

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

| {{lang|mnk|yiroo}}

| you

colspan="3" | Marginal consonants
style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɡ}}

| {{lang|mnk|Gine}}{{efn|name=French loans|/g/ is found in French loans.}}

| game

colspan="3" | Stress
style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ˈ}}

| rowspan="2" | {{lang|mnk|TBA}} {{IPA|[ˈTBA]}}
{{lang|mnk|TBA}} {{IPA|[ˈTBA]}}

| rowspan="2" | as in commandeer
{{IPA|/ˌkɒmənˈdiər/}}

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

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! colspan="3" | Vowels

IPA

! Examples

! English approximation

colspan="3" | Monophthongs
style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|a}}

| {{lang|mnk|abaraka}}

| British cat; somewhat like cut in other dialects.

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

| {{lang|mnk|aasoo}}

| similar to father

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

| {{lang|mnk|eloo}}

| similar to met

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

| {{lang|mnk|eekaa}}

| square

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

| {{lang|mnk|itolu}}

| similar to dip

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

| {{lang|mnk|iisaa}}

| deep

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

| {{lang|mnk|osoo}}

| story (short)

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

| {{lang|mnk|ooba}}

| story (long)

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

| {{lang|mnk|tunkuŋo}}

| similar to foot

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

| {{lang|mnk|tuubi}}

| cool

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Notes

References

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See also

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

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