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Help:IPA/Romansh

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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Simple Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Simple Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-rm}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b audio speaker iconbuna, bler bike
d audio speaker icondent, dubel done
[1] audio speaker iconagid, jet dew (British English)
f fitg, flad, audio speaker iconclav fast
ɡ audio speaker icongat, galant gas
k carr, architect, audio speaker iconaug, kiosc, quai scar
l audio speaker iconlavar, milli, val lip
ʎ audio speaker iconegl, audio speaker iconglieud, audio speaker iconbigliet roughly like million
m milli, audio speaker iconum mother
n audio speaker iconnanin, onns nest
ŋ audio speaker iconsaung, audio speaker iconlungatg sing
ɲ audio speaker iconbogn, audio speaker icongnierv roughly like canyon
p audio speaker iconpapetaria, appartament, verb spin
r ʁ[2] audio speaker iconroda, audio speaker iconcarr, meglra water (American English) or French rose
s audio speaker iconvossa, audio speaker iconnus sorry
ʃ schanza, audio speaker iconglisch, audio speaker iconpuspei, scopo ship
t audio speaker iconteater, ti, agid star
ts audio speaker iconcefra, bellezza, zunt cats
[1] audio speaker iconchasa, audio speaker icontgamin stew (British English)
audio speaker iconrumantsch, audio speaker icontschetschapuorla chew
v audio speaker icongrava, watt vent
z audio speaker iconcasa, audio speaker iconrosa zipper
ʒ audio speaker iconsbagl, Svizra, branscha, audio speaker iconGrischun measure
Marginal consonants
h[3] audio speaker iconhaluncs, hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç audio speaker iconamih hue
Semivowels
j audio speaker iconjeu, Italia, yak you
w audio speaker iconquel, ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a audio speaker iconbanc, clav roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ[4] audio speaker iconcasa, audio speaker iconmellen comma or gut
e bler, audio speaker iconpér roughly like pay
ɛ è, audio speaker iconpèr bed
i ti, audio speaker iconhistoric see
ɔ audio speaker iconpom, toc off
o audio speaker iconbiro, ovra law (British English)
u o ~ ʊ[2] bun, audio speaker iconudir tool or pull
Dialectal vowels[5]
ø audio speaker iconchaschöl, audio speaker iconögl roughly like hurt
y audio speaker iconmür, audio speaker iconbügl roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English example
ˈ audio speaker iconcomba [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː audio speaker icondar [daːr] long vowel
◌̯[6] audio speaker iconcuort [kuɔ̯rt] now
  1. 1.0 1.1 [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Realization varies among dialects.
  3. ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
  4. Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
  5. Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
  6. Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.