Help:IPA/Adyghe

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Adyghe on Wikipedia.

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See Adyghe phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Adyghe, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	бэ^ⓘ	bat
ɕ	щы^ⓘ	Somewhat like British consume
d	дэ^ⓘ	done
dz	дзэ^ⓘ	goods
dzʷ
dʒ	джанэ^ⓘ	jam
f	фыжьы^ⓘ	fast
ɣ	гыны^ⓘ	Spanish trigo
ɡʷ	гу^ⓘ	Gwen
ħ	хьэ^ⓘ	somewhat like hat
j	ятӀэ^ⓘ	yes
kʷ	ку^ⓘ	quality
kʼ	шкӏэ^ⓘ	like cup but ejective ^[1]
kʷʼ	тхьэкӏумэ^ⓘ	like quality but ejective ^[1]
l	лы^ⓘ	Somewhat like luck
ɬ	лъы^ⓘ	Welsh llwyd
ɬʼ	лӏы^ⓘ	like Welsh llwyd but ejective ^[1]
m	мазэ^ⓘ	man
n	нэ^ⓘ	no
p	пэ^ⓘ	pan
pʼ	пӏэ^ⓘ	like pan but ejective ^[1]
pʷʼ	пӏуакӏэ^ⓘ	like French point but ejective ^[1]
q	къалэ^ⓘ	like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق)
qʷ	къо^ⓘ	like quality but further back
r	ар^ⓘ	rolled r
ʁ	гъэ^ⓘ	French rester
ʁʷ	гъожьэ^ⓘ	French roi
s	сэ^ⓘ	sad
ʃ	шы^ⓘ	shell
ʃʷ	шъо^ⓘ	somewhat like French choix
ʃʼ	пшӏы^ⓘ	like shell but ejective ^[1]
ʃʷʼ	шӏу^ⓘ	somewhat like French choix but ejective ^[1]
ʂ	пшъашъэ^ⓘ	Somewhat like North American worship
t	тэ^ⓘ	tap
tʼ	тӏы^ⓘ	like tap but ejective ^[1]
tʷʼ	тӏу^ⓘ	like tweet but ejective ^[1]
ts	цы^ⓘ	hats
tsʷ	цуакъэ^ⓘ	somewhat like Botswana
tsʼ	цӏэ^ⓘ	like hats but ejective ^[1]
tʃ	чэты^ⓘ	chat
tʃʼ	кӏако^ⓘ	like chat but ejective ^[1]
tʂ	чъыгы^ⓘ	somewhat like trust
tʂʼ	чӏы^ⓘ	somewhat like trust but ejective ^[1]
w	о^ⓘ	war
x	хы^ⓘ	loch (Scottish English)
χ	хъыен^ⓘ	Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche
χʷ	хъуанэ^ⓘ	French trois
z	зы^ⓘ	zoo
ʑ	жьы^ⓘ	Somewhat like British Zeus
ʒ	жакӏэ^ⓘ	vision
ʒʷ	жъуагъо^ⓘ	French joie
ʐ	жъы^ⓘ	Somewhat like North American Persian
ʔ	ӏэ^ⓘ	the catch in uh-oh!
ʔʷ	ӏо^ⓘ	Somewhat like Cockney network
Non-native consonants
k	к, кнопк, ручк^ⓘ	cup
v	в^ⓘ	vet

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
ɜ	ӏэ^ⓘ	nut
aː	ар^ⓘ	father
ɘ	зы^ⓘ	about

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.

[ejective-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.

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