Help:IPA/Okinawan
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Okinawan language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{tl|IPA}} and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.
See Okinawan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Okinawan.
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| rowspan="2" | IPA
! colspan="2" | Example ! rowspan="2" | English approximation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kana | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|b}}
| すば, びぎ | suba, bigi | about |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ç}}
| あひる, ひっちー | ahiru, hitchī | hue |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɕ}}
| あし, ふぃしゃ | ashi, fisha | sheep |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|d}}
| でーじな | dējina | today |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|dʑ}}
| じょーい, じまま | jōi, jimama | jeep |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɸ}}
| ふぃしゃ, ふす | fisha, fusu | phew! |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|g}}
| がま, まっすぐ | gama, massugu | again |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|gʷ}}
| かってんぐゎ | kattengwa | sanguine |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|h}}
| ほーか, はしる | hōka, hashiru | hat |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|j}}
| うや, ゆか | uya, yuka | yard |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|k}}
| かかん, くー | kakan, kū | spike |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|kʲ}}
| せんきょ | senkyo | skew |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|kʷ}}
| くゎ, くゎん | kwa, kwan | acquire |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|m}}
| むち, じまま | muchi, jimama | mild |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|mʲ}}
| みゃー, みょーじ | myā, myōji | mute |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|n}}
| かんだ, あぬ | kanda, anu | night |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| さにゃ, にゃーや | sanya, nyāya | canyon |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ŋ}}
| びんがた | bingata | swimming |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|p}}
| かっぱ, ぴとぅ | kappa, pitu | speed |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɾ}}
| うら, ろーほー | ura, rōhō | American atom |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ɾʲ}}
| ちりゅー, ちばりょー! | chiryū, chibaryō! | American party |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|s}}
| すみ, さば | sumi, saba | soup |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|t}}
| たい, あとぅ | tai, atu | stand |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|tɕ}}
| ちゃー, うちなー | chā, Uchinā | scratch |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|w}}
| わしき, めーゐなぐ | washiki, mēwinagu | wine |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|ʔ}}
| っんなじ, うちなー | Qnnaji, Uchinā{{refn|All vowels in Okinawan are pre-glottalised, so Uchinā /uCinaa/ is pronounced [ʔutɕinaː]}} | uh-oh |
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|+ Vowels | ||
| rowspan="2" | IPA
! colspan="2" | Example ! rowspan="2" | English approximation | ||
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| Kana | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|a}}
| かんだ, あぬ | kanda, anu | father |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|aː}}
| うちなー | Uchinā | father (long) |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|e}}
| せんきょ, めんそーれ | senkyo, mensōre | bed |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|eː}}
| でーじな | dējina | bed (long) |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|i}}
| あひる, じまま | ahiru, jimama | meet |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|iː}}
| ひっちー | hitchī | meet (long) |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|o}}
| せんきょ, めんそーれ | senkyo | story |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|oː}}
| めんそーれ | mensōre | story (long) |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|u}}
| むち, うら | muchi, ura | pool |
| style="text-align: center;" | {{IPA link|uː}}
| どぅー | dū | pool (long) |
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See also
- {{clc|Pages with Okinawan IPA|pages}}
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