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

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the various Mayan languages 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.

IPA	Examples	English approximation
Consonants^[1]
ʔ	k'in, Ch'ol	the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop
ɓ	K'axob, Xibalba	like boy but sucking air
tʃ	ch	child
tʃʼ	ch'	popped ch
h	jelik, Q'umarkaj	he
x	j	loch
k	k	skin
kʼ	k'	popped kin
l	l	leave
m	m	man
n	n	noodle
ŋ	nh	sing
p	p	span
pʼ	p'	popped pan
q	q	cut but further back from throat
qʼ	q'	as above, but ejective
ɾ	Xcaret	atom [American English]
s	s	sack
t	t	stand
tʼ	t'	popped tan
tʲ	ty	tee
tʲʼ	ty'	as above, but ejective
ts	tz	cats
tsʼ	tz'	popped cats
w	w	wand
ʃ	Xunantunich, yaax	shoe
j	y	yes

IPA	Examples	English approximation
Vowels^[1]^[2]^[3]
a	kax, Tabscoob	between fat and father^[4](short)
aː	naach	between fat and father^[4] (long)
e	e	met
eː	ee	pay
ə	k'än	sofa
əː	määchäl	RP herb
i	i	city
iː	ahiin	see
o	pol	story (short)
oː	oo	story (long)
u	u	full
uː	uu	fool
Stress
ˈ	Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab]

^ ^a ^b Boot, Erik (January 2002). "A Preliminary Classic Maya-English / English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings" (PDF). Leiden University, the Netherlands. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
^ Dienhart, John M. (1989). The Mayan Languages: A Comparative Vocabulary. Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press. ISBN 8774927221.
^ Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. ISBN 1607810298.
^ ^a ^b Closer to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.

[boot-1] Boot, Erik (January 2002). "A Preliminary Classic Maya-English / English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings" (PDF). Leiden University, the Netherlands. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2012.

[Dienhart_1989-2] Dienhart, John M. (1989). The Mayan Languages: A Comparative Vocabulary. Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press. ISBN 8774927221.

[3] Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. ISBN 1607810298.

[a-4] Closer to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.

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