ipa/Latin

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Classical Latin and Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciations 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 Latin phonology and orthography and Latin regional pronunciation for a more thorough look at the sounds of Latin.

Key

Consonants
IPA Latin
alphabet
Examples English approximation
Class. Eccl.
b b bellum bean
d d decem deck
dz z zēlus adds
g gēns giant
f f faciō fan
ɡ g gravis gear
h h habeō her or hour
j i j jūvo yes
k c, k caput scar
ch charta car
qu quattuor squash
kᶣ quī (French) cuisine
l l lītus leave
ɫ l multus all
m m manus man
n n noster next
ŋ longus song
g ignis
ɲ gn ignis onion
p p pāx span
ph pharetra pan
r r regiō trilled or tapped r
s s sum between sip and ship (retracted)
ʃ sc scindō ship
t t tabula stone
th thalamus tone
ts t port Botswana
c centum change
w u uerbum west
v v vest
z z zēlus between zone and genre (retracted)
s miserēre
Vowels
IPA Latin
alphabet
Examples English approximation
Class. Eccl.
a a anima pasta
ā ācer, āctus father
ɛ e est met
e ae/æ
oe/œ
e
ē ēlēctus Scottish made
ɪ i incipit mit
i i
y
īra, mīlle mead
ī
ɔ o omnis off
o o
ō ōrdō RP or Australian law
ʊ u urbs put
u u lūna cool
ū
ʏ y cyclus Scottish cute
ȳ cȳma Scottish cued
Vowels that precede vowels
e eV mea Scottish mate
i iV Italia peace
Diphthongs
ae̯ ae caelum sigh
oe̯ oe poena boy
au̯ au aurum cow
ei̯ ei mei say
eu̯ eu deus no English equivalent; Spanish euro
ui̯ ui cui ruin
Nasal vowels
◌̃ː um
un
mōnstrum long nasal vowels
Prosody
IPA Examples Explanation
ˈ Gāius
[ˈɡaː.i.ʊs]
stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
. syllable marker, generally between vowels in hiatus

Notes

See also

Tags:

Classical LatinEcclesiastical LatinInternational Phonetic AlphabetTemplate:IPAWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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