ipa/Colognian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Colognian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Colognian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Colognian.

Consonants
IPA Colognian examples English approximation
b Ball, dubbel ball
d dann, Saddel done
Dschungel, wadschele jungle
f Faß, Waffel fuss
ɡ waggele gust
h hatt, Buhai, Bah hut
ɧ Schimie, Weechter, biestig bush
j Jack, wääje yuck
ʒ Geniere, nuschele pleasure
k Kiß, frickele, Pek kiss
l Lack, welle luck
m Mai, summe, öm may
n Noht, Jewenner, Sun not
ŋ senge, lang long
p Peck, Appel, Kapp peck
ʁ Rään, ware guttural r
s faste, Baß bus
ʃ schäl, Mösche, Bösch bush
t Toon, kötte, Bütt tone
ts Zupp, Mätze, Fuz pizza
, letsche, Matsch chat
v Vas, övver vast
w wat will
x Woche, Loch Scottish loch
z Sunn, lässe zone
ʔ |it, be|erdije, perdü| uh-oh
Pitch accent
IPA Colognian
examples
English
approximation
Explanation
ˈ Bahnhoffstrohße intonation primary stress
ˌ Bahnhoffstrohße secondary stress
◌̂ /ˈʃtîːf/ "stiffness",
/ˈhûːs/ "house (dat.)",
/ˈʃlɛ̂ːʃ/ "beats (n. pl.)",
/ˈzêi/ "sieve",
/ˈkân/ "(tea)pot, jug"
falling tone
(Stoßton,
Accent 1)
Vowels
IPA Colognian examples English approximation
Plaat, Bar, Ahle, Bahn bra
a Ax, spack,
Elend, Feez, Beet somewhat like play
e enjonn, seze bed
ɛː Ääpel, Pääd, , äänz, Nähl like bed, but long
ɛ Eck, hätt, dä! bed
Ieß, Pief, di, ieser, Dier, auwieh! eat
i mi city
ɪ in, Friko sit
ɔː Ooß, Pooz, booh, Ohß, Pohl, jo bore
ɔ offe, doll, mer on
œː Ööschel, pöze, Blööh, Öl, Pöhl somewhat like urgent
œ Öschel, Pött
øː Ööz, kööze, bleu, Rösje, Bröh
ø Öllije, Kött, ?ömjonn
Ooschel, koot, Ohm, Dooch, Nivoh go
o op, lovve, do hot
ʊː Pattevuel took
ʊ us, Hunk, do, ?Bunn
uze, Pluute, Schmu, Uhr, Bud, esu ooze
u Ussel, Fuz took
üüßerlech, süht, Üül, Lüüß, perdü somewhat like cute
y üvver, müje
ʏ üch, tüntele
ei, Eiter, Weihnaach, zwei, Eier, Weiher, Pavei I, idle, byte, tie
aːʊ Auto, Strauß, mau out, tower, how
Auflach, Zauß, Schabau, ?zaubere, ?Kakau
ei, eins, Zeidung, sei, eine, zeije, Schnei alien, mania, bay
iɐ̯ Liehr, ?Zottier similar to dear
Auge, Baum, hau, Aug, sauge, Hau similar to over, stow
ɔʏ Schnäuzer, Heu, Häuche, Häu similar to oil, boy
øʏ Sträuf, Späu, Äujelche, Bäum,
Reduced vowels
ɐ verdonn, Vatter nut or sofa (but not balance)
ə e, en, bedon, de balance (but not sofa)

Notes

Bibliography

  • Hoenig, Fritz (1905). Wörterbuch der Kölner Mundart (in German) (2nd ed.). Köln.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Heike, Georg (1964). "Zur Phonologie der Stadtkölner Mundart. Eine experimentelle Untersuchung der akustischen Unterscheidungsmerkmale". Deutsche Dialektgeographie. Vol. 57. Marburg: Elwert-Verlag.
  • Froitzheim, Claudia (1984). "Artikulationsnormen der Umgangssprache in Köln". Continuum. Schriftenreihe zur Linguistik. Vol. 2. Tübingen: Narr. ISBN 3-87808-332-7. (Also Dissertation at the University of Cologne, 1983).
  • Wrede, Adam (1999). Neuer Kölnischer Sprachschatz (12th ed.). Köln: Greven Verlag. ISBN 3-7743-0243-X.
  • Bhatt, Christa; Herrwegen, Alice (2005). Das Kölsche Wörterbuch (2nd ed.). Köln: J. P. Bachem-Verlag. ISBN 3-7616-1942-1.

For another simpler phonemic writing system of West Middle German and Meuse-Rhenish including Colognian, see:

See also

Tags:

Colognian dialectInternational Phonetic AlphabetTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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