 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Bulgarian on Wikipedia.It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Bulgarian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. | |
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Bulgarian
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Bulgarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Bulgarian.
Consonants
| IPA |
Letters |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
б
|
баба
|
box
|
| c
|
к
|
кюфте
|
cute
|
| d
|
д
|
дом
|
dust
|
| d͡z
|
дз
|
дзифт
|
birds
|
| d͡ʒ
|
дж
|
джем
|
jab
|
| f
|
ф
|
филм
|
fact
|
| ɡ
|
г
|
гарван
|
good
|
| ɟ
|
гяур
|
argue
|
| j
|
й, ь
|
сойка
|
yes
|
| k
|
к
|
къща
|
skill
|
| l
|
л
|
лимон
|
leap
|
| ɫ
|
лош
|
all
|
| ʎ
|
любов
|
million
|
| m
|
м
|
море
|
mocha
|
| n
|
н
|
нос
|
north
|
| ɲ
|
баня
|
canyon
|
| p
|
п
|
пет
|
speak
|
| r
|
р
|
работа
|
trilled r, like in Spanish
|
| s
|
с
|
стол
|
salt, mask
|
| ʃ
|
ш
|
шума
|
sugar
|
| t
|
т
|
тайна
|
style
|
| t͡s
|
ц
|
цар
|
bats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
ч
|
чай
|
cheese
|
| v
|
в
|
вода
|
view
|
| w
|
у, л
|
уиски, лош (colloquial)
|
water
|
| x
|
х
|
хартия
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| z
|
з
|
зима
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
ж
|
жълт
|
pleasure
|
Marginal consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɣ
|
видях го
|
between go and ahold
|
| ç
|
Хюз
|
huge
|
| ŋ
|
банка
|
sing
|
Vowels
| IPA |
Letters |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
а
|
брат
|
father
|
| ɤ
|
ъ
|
кът
|
plus
|
| ɛ
|
е
|
цена
|
edge
|
| i
|
и
|
сив
|
police
|
| ɔ
|
о
|
слон
|
off
|
| u
|
у
|
хубав
|
pool
|
Reduced vowels
| IPA |
Letters |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɐ
|
а, ъ
|
щерка, камък
|
sofa
|
| o
|
о, у
|
нещо, уста
|
thought (RP), coat (Scottish English)
|
Other symbols
| IPA |
Description
|
| ˈ
|
Stress on the following syllable
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress on the following syllable
|
