Help:IPA/Sylheti

Charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sylheti 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 {{section link|Sylheti language|Phonology}} and Sylheti Nagari alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Sylheti.

IPA	Sylheti	Examples	ISO 15919
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{{IPA link\|b}} \| ꠛ, ꠜ	ꠛꠣꠙ, ꠜꠣꠁ	b	style="text-align:left;" \| abash
{{IPA link\|d̪}} \| ꠖ, ꠗ	ꠖꠣꠉ, ꠗꠣꠘ	d	style="text-align:left;" \| deal (dental), the (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link\|ɖ}} \| ꠒ, ꠓ	ꠒꠦꠇꠣ, ꠑꠣꠟ	ḍ	style="text-align:left;" \| American English bird
{{IPA link\|dʒ}} \| ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠁꠎ꠆ꠎꠔ, ꠏꠣꠟ	j	style="text-align:left;" \| hedge
{{IPA link\|f}} \| ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠣꠘ, ꠚꠟ	j	style="text-align:left;" \| fish
{{IPA link\|ɸ}} \| ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠥꠀ, ꠚꠣꠇ	f	style="text-align:left;" \| find
{{IPA link\|ɡ}} \| ꠉ, ꠊ	ꠉꠣꠍ, ꠊꠣ‌ꠘꠥꠀ	g	style="text-align:left;" \| agate
{{IPA link\|ɦ}} \| ꠢ	ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ	h	style="text-align:left;" \| behind
{{IPA link\|j}} \| ꠄ	ꠝꠄꠘꠣ	y	style="text-align:left;" \| yes
{{IPA link\|k}} \| ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠤꠍꠝꠔ, ꠈꠥꠀꠛ	k	style="text-align:left;" \| scan
{{IPA link\|l}} \| ꠟ	ꠟꠣꠡ	l	style="text-align:left;" \| leaf
{{IPA link\|m}} \| ꠝ	ꠝꠣꠁꠎꠤ	m	style="text-align:left;" \| much
{{IPA link\|n}} \| ꠘ	ꠘꠣꠇ	n	style="text-align:left;" \| not
{{IPA link\|ŋ}} \| ꠋ	ꠢꠥꠋꠉꠣ, ꠞꠋ	ṅ	style="text-align:left;" \| sing
{{IPA link\|p}} \| ꠙ	ꠍꠣꠙ꠆ꠙꠣ, ꠌꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠣ	p	style="text-align:left;" \| span
{{IPA link\|r}}/r/ is phonetically an alveolar flap [{{IPA link\|ɾ}}], alveolar trill [{{IPA link\|r}}] or alveolar approximant [{{IPA link\|ɹ}}] depending on the variety and speaker. \| ꠞ	ꠀꠞꠣꠝ	r	style="text-align:left;" \| ring; flapped or trilled r
{{IPA link\|ɽ}} \| ꠠ	ꠛꠠ, ꠉꠣꠠꠤ, ꠊꠥꠠꠣ	ṛ	style="text-align:left;" \| US: larder
{{IPA link\|s}} \| ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠌꠣꠃꠟ, ꠔꠍꠛꠤꠞ	s	style="text-align:left;" \| sue
{{IPA link\|ʃ}} \| ꠡ	ꠝꠡꠣ, ꠡꠙꠞꠤ, ꠡꠝꠄ	ś	style="text-align:left;" \| shoe
{{IPA link\|t̪}} \| ꠔ, ꠕ	ꠔꠣꠙ, ꠕꠣꠟ	t	style="text-align:left;" \| think (Th-stopping), thought (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link\|ʈ}} \| ꠐ, ꠑ	ꠐꠦꠇꠞ, ꠑꠥꠐ	ṭ	style="text-align:left;" \| art (rhotic)
{{IPA link\|tʃ}} \| ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠁꠌ꠆ꠍꠣ	c	style="text-align:left;" \| catch
{{IPA link\|β}} \| ꠅ	ꠅꠤꠍꠣ, ꠅꠧꠐ	v	style="text-align:left;" \| visa, vote
{{IPA link\|w}}When preceding a vowel in word-initial positions, /w/ may occur as an allophone of /o/ and /u/, especially in loan words e.g. ꠅꠣꠖꠣ [wada] 'promise', ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ [wiliam] 'William'. \| ꠅ	ꠅꠣꠖꠣ, ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ	w	style="text-align:left;" \| wall
{{IPA link\|x}} \| ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠟꠝ, ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ	k͟h	style="text-align:left;" \| Scottish loch
{{IPA link\|z}} \| ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠎꠣꠇꠣꠔ, ꠏꠣꠝꠦꠟꠣ	z	style="text-align:left;" \| zip

colspan="5"\| Monophthongs
class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 2em; text-align: center;" ! colspan="5"\| Vowels
IPA	Sylheti	Examples	ISO 15919	English Approximation
{{IPA link\|ɐ\|a}} \| ꠀ	ꠀꠝ	ā	style="text-align:left;" \| between fat and fatherCloser to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.
{{IPA link\|e}} \| ꠄ	ꠄꠘ꠆ꠒꠣ	ē	style="text-align:left;" \| may
{{IPA link\|i}} \| ꠁ	ꠁꠐ	i	style="text-align:left;" \| beat
{{IPA link\|o}} \| ꠅ	ꠅꠎꠥ	ō	style="text-align:left;" \| story
{{IPA link\|ɔ}} \| ꠅ	ꠅꠘꠦ	ô	style="text-align:left;" \| off
{{IPA link\|u}} \| ꠃ	ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠣꠟ	u	style="text-align:left;" \| cool
{{IPA link\|ʊ}} \| {{lang\|syl\|ꠅ}}	ꠀꠅ, ꠎꠣꠅ	ŭ	style="text-align:left;" \| foot
colspan="5" \| Diphthongs
{{IPA\|ɔi}} \| ꠅꠂ, ꠅꠁ	ꠅꠂꠍꠦ, ꠜꠂꠌꠣꠟ	ôi	style="text-align:left;" \| soil
{{IPA\|ɔu}} \| ꠅꠃ	ꠅꠃꠡꠗ, ꠘꠃꠇꠣ	ôu	style="text-align:left;" \| goal

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{{IPA link\|ˈ}} \| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" \| primary stress (placed before stressed syllable)Primary stress usually occurs in word-initial positions with secondary stress occurring afterwards.
{{IPA link\|ˌ}} \| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" \| secondary stress (placed before stressed syllable)
{{IPA link\|ː}} \| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" \| doubled consonant

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! colspan="3"| Suprasegmentals

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | primary stress
(placed before stressed syllable)Primary stress usually occurs in word-initial positions with secondary stress occurring afterwards.

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | secondary stress
(placed before stressed syllable)

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | doubled consonant

IPA	Sylheti	Examples	ISO 15919
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{{IPA link\|b}} \| ꠛ, ꠜ	ꠛꠣꠙ, ꠜꠣꠁ	b	style="text-align:left;" \| abash
{{IPA link\|d̪}} \| ꠖ, ꠗ	ꠖꠣꠉ, ꠗꠣꠘ	d	style="text-align:left;" \| deal (dental), the (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link\|ɖ}} \| ꠒ, ꠓ	ꠒꠦꠇꠣ, ꠑꠣꠟ	ḍ	style="text-align:left;" \| American English bird
{{IPA link\|dʒ}} \| ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠁꠎ꠆ꠎꠔ, ꠏꠣꠟ	j	style="text-align:left;" \| hedge
{{IPA link\|f}} \| ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠣꠘ, ꠚꠟ	j	style="text-align:left;" \| fish
{{IPA link\|ɸ}} \| ꠙ, ꠚ	ꠙꠥꠀ, ꠚꠣꠇ	f	style="text-align:left;" \| find
{{IPA link\|ɡ}} \| ꠉ, ꠊ	ꠉꠣꠍ, ꠊꠣ‌ꠘꠥꠀ	g	style="text-align:left;" \| agate
{{IPA link\|ɦ}} \| ꠢ	ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ	h	style="text-align:left;" \| behind
{{IPA link\|j}} \| ꠄ	ꠝꠄꠘꠣ	y	style="text-align:left;" \| yes
{{IPA link\|k}} \| ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠤꠍꠝꠔ, ꠈꠥꠀꠛ	k	style="text-align:left;" \| scan
{{IPA link\|l}} \| ꠟ	ꠟꠣꠡ	l	style="text-align:left;" \| leaf
{{IPA link\|m}} \| ꠝ	ꠝꠣꠁꠎꠤ	m	style="text-align:left;" \| much
{{IPA link\|n}} \| ꠘ	ꠘꠣꠇ	n	style="text-align:left;" \| not
{{IPA link\|ŋ}} \| ꠋ	ꠢꠥꠋꠉꠣ, ꠞꠋ	ṅ	style="text-align:left;" \| sing
{{IPA link\|p}} \| ꠙ	ꠍꠣꠙ꠆ꠙꠣ, ꠌꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠣ	p	style="text-align:left;" \| span
{{IPA link\|r}}/r/ is phonetically an alveolar flap [{{IPA link\|ɾ}}], alveolar trill [{{IPA link\|r}}] or alveolar approximant [{{IPA link\|ɹ}}] depending on the variety and speaker. \| ꠞ	ꠀꠞꠣꠝ	r	style="text-align:left;" \| ring; flapped or trilled r
{{IPA link\|ɽ}} \| ꠠ	ꠛꠠ, ꠉꠣꠠꠤ, ꠊꠥꠠꠣ	ṛ	style="text-align:left;" \| US: larder
{{IPA link\|s}} \| ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠌꠣꠃꠟ, ꠔꠍꠛꠤꠞ	s	style="text-align:left;" \| sue
{{IPA link\|ʃ}} \| ꠡ	ꠝꠡꠣ, ꠡꠙꠞꠤ, ꠡꠝꠄ	ś	style="text-align:left;" \| shoe
{{IPA link\|t̪}} \| ꠔ, ꠕ	ꠔꠣꠙ, ꠕꠣꠟ	t	style="text-align:left;" \| think (Th-stopping), thought (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link\|ʈ}} \| ꠐ, ꠑ	ꠐꠦꠇꠞ, ꠑꠥꠐ	ṭ	style="text-align:left;" \| art (rhotic)
{{IPA link\|tʃ}} \| ꠌ, ꠍ	ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠁꠌ꠆ꠍꠣ	c	style="text-align:left;" \| catch
{{IPA link\|β}} \| ꠅ	ꠅꠤꠍꠣ, ꠅꠧꠐ	v	style="text-align:left;" \| visa, vote
{{IPA link\|w}}When preceding a vowel in word-initial positions, /w/ may occur as an allophone of /o/ and /u/, especially in loan words e.g. ꠅꠣꠖꠣ [wada] 'promise', ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ [wiliam] 'William'. \| ꠅ	ꠅꠣꠖꠣ, ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ	w	style="text-align:left;" \| wall
{{IPA link\|x}} \| ꠇ, ꠈ	ꠇꠟꠝ, ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ	k͟h	style="text-align:left;" \| Scottish loch
{{IPA link\|z}} \| ꠎ, ꠏ	ꠎꠣꠇꠣꠔ, ꠏꠣꠝꠦꠟꠣ	z	style="text-align:left;" \| zip

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