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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Serbo-Croatian (the Croatian and Serbian standards thereof) 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}}.

Examples below in the Latin script are given in the Ijekavian pronunciation, while Cyrillic ones are in the Ekavian pronunciation. See Serbo-Croatian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages.

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! colspan=5 | Consonants

rowspan="2" | IPAcolspan="2" | Examplerowspan="2" | English approximation
LatinCyrillic
style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|b}}

| bob

| {{lang|sh|боб}}

| bob

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

| dan

| {{lang|sh|дан}}

| doom

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|dʑ}}

| đakMany speakers in Croatia and some in Bosnia make no distinction between {{IPA|/tɕ/}} and {{IPA|/tʃ/}} ({{angle bracket|ć}} and {{angle bracket|č}}) or between {{IPA|/dʑ/}} and {{IPA|/dʒ/}} ({{angle bracket|đ}} and {{angle bracket|dž}}); among such speakers, these are pronounced {{IPA|[tʃ]}} and {{IPA|[dʒ]}} respectively.

| {{lang|sh|ђак}}

| jeep (Alveolo-palatal)

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

| džep

| {{lang|sh|џeп}}

| just

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

| film

| {{lang|sh|филм}}

| film

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

| gore

| {{lang|sh|горе}}

| gorgeous

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

| ja

| {{lang|sh|ја}}

| yaw

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

| kola

| {{lang|sh|кола}}

| score

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ɫ|l}}

| Luka

| {{lang|sh|Лука}}

| fill

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ʎ̟|ʎ}}

| bilje

| {{lang|sh|биље}}

| million

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

| more

| {{lang|sh|море}}

| more

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ɱ}}

| informacija

| {{lang|sh|информација}}

| comfort

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

| ne

| {{lang|sh|не}}

| no

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

| banka

| {{lang|sh|банка}}

| bank

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ɲ̟|ɲ}}

| konj

| {{lang|sh|коњ}}

| canyon

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

| pet

| {{lang|sh|пет}}

| space

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

| robot

| {{lang|sh|робот}}

|trilled r, like in Spanish

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

| stol

| {{lang|sh|стол}}

| stole

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

| šuma{{IPA|/ʃ/}}, {{IPA|/tʃ/}}, {{IPA|/ʒ/}} and {{IPA|/dʒ/}} are sometimes transcribed as {{IPAblink|ʂ}}, {{IPAblink|tʂ}}, {{IPAblink|ʐ}} and {{IPAblink|dʐ}}, respectively. The fricatives {{IPA|/ʃ/}} and {{IPA|/ʒ/}} may be realized {{IPAblink|ɕ}} or {{IPAblink|ʑ}} before {{IPA|/tɕ/}} or {{IPA|/dʑ/}}.

| {{lang|sh|шума}}

| shell

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

| tata

| {{lang|sh|тата}}

| star

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|tɕ}}

| ćup

| {{lang|sh|ћуп}}

|cheap (Alveolo-palatal)

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|t̪s̪|ts}}

| ribica

| {{lang|sh|рибица}}

| shorts

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

| čekić

| чекић

|choose

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

| voda{{IPA|/v/}} does not behave as a fricative in that it does not devoice to {{IPA|[f]}} before a voiceless consonant, nor does it cause preceding voiceless consonants to become voiced.

| {{lang|sh|вода}}

| between vet and wet

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|x}}

| hir

| {{lang|sh|хир}}

| Scottish loch

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

| zima

| {{lang|sh|зима}}

| zoo

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

| žaba

| {{lang|sh|жаба}}

| treasure

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! colspan="5"| Vowels

rowspan="2" | IPAcolspan="2" | Examplerowspan="2" | English approximation
LatinCyrillic
style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|ä|a}}

| rad

| {{lang|sh|рад}}

|between fat and fatherCloser to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|e̞|e}}

| let

| {{lang|sh|лет}}

| let

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

| list

| {{lang|sh|лист}}

| least

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|o̞|o}}

| more

| {{lang|sh|море}}

| more

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

| trup

| {{lang|sh|труп}}

| tool

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|l̩}}

| bicikl

| {{lang|sh|бицикл}}

| little

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|n̩}}

| njutn

| {{lang|sh|њутн}}

| burden

style="text-align:center;" | {{IPAlink|r̩}}

| vrba

| {{lang|sh|врба}}

| US verb, but trilled

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! colspan="5" | Tone and vowel length

colspan=5 | Tonic marks are not normally written but are found in dictionaries.Some articles may use the stress mark, {{IPA|[ˈe]}}, which could correspond to either of the tonic accents (rising or falling) and so they are not a complete transcription, although many speakers in Croatia have no tone distinctions.
rowspan="2" | IPAcolspan="2" | Examplerowspan="2" | Explanation
LatinCyrillic
style="text-align:center;" | {{IPA|e}}

| sezóna

| {{lang|sh|сезо́на}}

| non-tonic short vowel

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

| ùzēti

| {{lang|sh|у̀зе̄ти}}

| non-tonic long vowelMany speakers in Croatia and Serbia pronounce most unstressed long vowels as short.

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

| djèca

| {{lang|sh|дјѐца}}

| short vowel with rising tone

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

| kréda

| {{lang|sh|кре́да}}

| long vowel with rising tone

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

| sjȅme

| {{lang|sh|сјȅме}}

| short vowel with falling tone

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

| rȇp

| {{lang|sh|рȇп}}

| long vowel with falling tone

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Notes

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See also

  • {{clc|Pages with Serbo-Croatian IPA|pages}}
  • {{clc|Pages with Bosnian IPA|pages}}
  • {{clc|Pages with Croatian IPA|pages}}
  • {{clc|Pages with Montenegrin IPA|pages}}
  • {{clc|Pages with Serbian IPA|pages}}

External links

  • [http://hjp.znanje.hr/ Hrvatski jezični portal] {{in lang|hr}}

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