ipa/Italian

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet represents pronunciations of Standard Italian 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 Italian phonology and Italian orthography for a more thorough look at the sounds of Italian.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b banca, cibo about
d dove, idra, dado today
dz zaino, azalea, mezzo dads
gelo, giù, magia, judo, gadget job
f fatto, cifra, fon fast
ɡ gatto, agro, ghetto, glicosio again
j ieri, saio, più, Jesi, yacht, news yes
k cosa, acuto, finché, quei, kiwi, koala scar
l lato, tela, glicosio ladder
ʎ figli, glielo, maglia billion
m mano, amare, input mother
ɱ anfibio, invece comfort
n nano, punto, pensare, mangiare nest
ŋ unghia, anche, dunque sing
ɲ gnocco, ogni canyon
p primo, ampio, apertura spin
r Roma, quattro, morte trilled r
s sano, scusa, presentire, pasto sorry
ʃ scena, scià, pesci, flash, chic shoe
t tranne, mito, altro, thai star
ts zio, sozzo, marzo cats
certo, ciao, farmacia, chip check
v vado, povero, watt vent
w uova, guado, qui, week-end wine
z sbirro, presentare, asma amazon
Non-native consonants
h hobby, hertz house
θ Thatcher, Pérez thing
x jota, Bach, khamsin loch (Scottish English)
ʒ Fuji, garage, casual vision
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a alto, sarà, must fast (Scottish English)
e vero, perché, liaison fade
ɛ etto, cioè, spread bed
i viso, sì, zia, feed, team, sexy ski
o ombra, otto, show, coach story
ɔ otto, sarò, Sean off
u usi, ragù, tuo, tour rule
Non-native vowels
ø viveur, goethiano, Churchill murder (RP)
y parure, brûlé, Führer future (Scottish English)
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Explanation
ˈ Cennini [tʃenˈniːni] primary stress
ˌ altamente [ˌaltaˈmente] secondary stress
. continuo [konˈtiːnu.o] syllable break
ː primo [ˈpriːmo] long vowel

Notes

Further reading

  • Bertinetto, Pier Marco; Loporcaro, Michele (2005). "The sound pattern of Standard Italian, as compared with the varieties spoken in Florence, Milan and Rome" (PDF). Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 35 (2): 131–151. doi:10.1017/S0025100305002148.
  • Rogers, Derek; d'Arcangeli, Luciana (2004). "Italian" (PDF). Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 34 (1): 117–121. doi:10.1017/S0025100304001628.

See also

Tags:

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