ipa/Haitian Creole

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Haitian Creole 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.

There are no silent letters in Haitian Creole unless a word is written with the traditional orthography.

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

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b bagay bow
ʃ cho shoe
d dous do
f fig festival
ɡ gòch gain
ɣ rezon between go and loch
h hèn hotel
j pye yes
k kle sky
l liv lean
m machin mother
n nòt note
ŋ bilding feeling
p pase spy
s sis six
t tout still
v vyann vent
w wi we
ɥ uit roughly like sweet
z zero zero
ʒ jedi measure
Non-native consonants
djaz jazz
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a abako; pàn bra
e ale hey
ɛ fèt bed
i lide see
o zwazo roughly like law (British English)
ɔ deyò off
u nou you
Nasal vowels
ã anpil No English equivalent; nasalized [ɒ]
ɛ̃ mwen No English equivalent; nasalized [ɛ]
ɔ̃ tonton No English equivalent; nasalized [o]
ũ houngan No English equivalent; nasalized [u]

Notes

See also

Tags:

Haitian CreoleInternational Phonetic AlphabetTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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