ipa/Gujarati

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Gujarati language 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 Gujarati phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Gujarati.

Consonants
IPA Gujarati IAST English approximation
b b bat
bh clubhhouse
β bh somewhat like averse
d d dog
ð dh other
dh redhead
ɖ American English bird
ɖʱ ḍh American English birdhouse
j jack
dʒʱ z hedgehog
f ph afraid
ɡ g gate
ɡʱ gh loghouse
ɣ gh go, but without completely blocking airflow on the g
h head
ɦ h ahead
j y yak
k k scold
kh cold
l l leaf
ɭ l somewhat like Merlin
m m much
n n not
ɳ somewhat like burner
ɲ ñ canyon
ŋ bank
p p span
ph pan
ɾ r atom (American English)
ɽ somewhat like murder
ɽʱ ḍh No English equivalent
ɽ̃ as above, but nasal
s s sue
ʂ somewhat like worship
ʃ ś sheep
t t stop
th top
ʈ somewhat like court
ʈʰ ṭh somewhat like tree
c catch
tʃʰ ch cheese
ʋ v vine
Vowels
IPA Gujarati IAST English approximation
ɑ આ, કા ā bra
æ cash
e એ, કે e pay
ɛ ઍ, કૅ â bed
ə અ, ક a about
i ઇ/ ઈ, કિ/ કી i see
o ઓ, કો o story
ɔ ઑ, કૉ ô off
u ઉ/ ઊ, કુ/ કૂ u look
əj ઐ, કૈ ai kite
əʋ ઔ, કૌ au house


Other symbols
IPA Gujarati IAST Notes
◌̃ nasal vowel ([õː], etc.)
◌̃ ◌̤ murmured vowel
ː Length: Vowels are long when nasal (e.g. [moʈʈũː]
ˈ stress
(placed before stressed syllable)

Notes

References

  • Cardona, George; Suthar, Babu (2003), "Gujarati", in Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh (eds.), The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-77294-5
  • Masica, Colin (1991), The Indo-Aryan Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2
  • Mistry, P.J. (1997), "Gujarati Phonology", in Kaye, A.S (ed.), Phonologies of Asia and Africa, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, ISBN 1-57506-019-1
  • Mistry, P.J. (2003), "Gujarati", in Frawley, William (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-516784-8

See also

Tags:

Gujarati languageInternational Phonetic AlphabetTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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