ipa/Yiddish

This page describes how IPA is used to transcribe Yiddish words at Wiki English.

It follows the pronunciation of "Standard Yiddish" (or "YIVO Yiddish"), as described in such works as Uriel Weinreich's College Yiddish and Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Consonants
IPA Letter(s) English examples Romanization
b ב‎ (beys) but b
d ד‎ (daled) do d
דזש‎ (daled zayen shin) joy dzh
f פֿ ף‎ (fey, i.e. pey with rafe on nonfinal form) fool, leaf f
ɡ ג‎ (giml) go g
h ה‎ (hey) hen h
j י‎ (yud) yes y
k כּ‎ (kof with dagesh)
ק‎ (kuf)
skin, thick k
l ל‎ (lamed) bell l
ʎ ל Similar to million; Italian figlio l
m מ ם‎ (mem) man, tam m
n נ ן‎ (nun) no, tin n
ŋ נ‎ when followed by ג‎ or ק finger, drink n in the combinations ng, nk
p פּ‎ (pey with dagesh) spin, tip p
r;ʁ ר‎ (reysh) American atom or French rouge/Northumbrian burr r
s ס‎ (samekh)
שׂ‎ (sin, i.e. shin with a sin dot)
ת‎ (sof, i.e. tof with no dagesh)
see, pass s
ʃ ש‎ (shin) she, leash sh
t ט‎ (tes)
תּ‎ (tof with dagesh)
sting, bet t
t͡s צ ץ‎ (tsadek) tsunami, sits ts
טש‎ (tes shin) chair, teach tsh
v בֿ‎ (veys, i.e. beys with rafe)
וו‎ (tsvey vovn)
voice v
χ ח‎ (khes)
כ ך‎ (khof, i.e. kof with no dagesh)
Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche kh
z ז‎ (zayen) zoo z
ʒ זש‎ (zayen shin) pleasure zh
Vowels
Full vowels (monophthongs)
IPA Letter(s) English examples Romanization
a אַ‎ (pasekh alef) father a
ɛ ע‎ (ayin) bed e
ɪ י‎ (yud) bid i
ɔ אָ‎ (komets alef) boss o
ʊ ו‎ (vov) foot u
Diphthongs
ײַ‎ (pasekh tsvey yudn) fine, why ay
ɛɪ יי‎ (tsvey yudn) day, pain ey
ɔɪ וי‎ (vov yud) loin, boy oy
Reduced vowels
ə עor none sofa e
ל bottle l
נ ן button n
Other symbols used in transcription of Yiddish
IPA Explanation
ˈ Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), e.g. אײזל [ˈɛɪzl̩] 'donkey'
ˌ Secondary stress, e.g. מאַמע־לשון [ˈmaməˌlɔʃn̩] 'Yiddish as mother tongue'

Notes

Bibliography

  • Kleine, Ane (2003), "Standard Yiddish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33 (2): 261–265, doi:10.1017/S0025100303001385

See also

Tags:

Template:IPAUriel WeinreichWikipedia:Manual of Style/PronunciationYIVOYiddish

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