ipa/Portuguese

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

Distinction is made between the two major standards of the language—Portugal (European Portuguese, EP; broadly the standard also used in Africa and in Asia) and Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese, BP). Neither variant is preferred at Wikipedia, except in cases where a local pronunciation is clearly more relevant, such as a place in Brazil or an individual from Portugal.

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

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
Portugal
EP
Brazil
BP
b b beiço, âmbar, sob about
β cabeça, sobre EP: between baby and bevy
BP: about
ð d cedo, idade EP: other
BP: today
d dedo, lenda today
digo, advérbio, balde EP: today
BP: jig
f fado, café face
ɡ ɡ gato, signo, bingo, guerra again
ɣ fogo, figueira EP: between ago and ahold
BP: again
k cor, dica, quente, kiwi scan
l l lua, alô toll
w mal EP: toll
BP: tow
ʎ lhe, velho million
m mês, somo might
n não, sono not
ɲ nhoque, sonho canyon
p pó, sopa, apto spouse
ʀ ʁ rio, carro, enrascado French rouge
ɾ r, porto, por favor EP: atom (GA)
BP: French rouge
ɾ frio, caro, por acaso atom (GA)
s s saco, isso, braço, máximo sack
ʃ escola, as portas, dez, texto EP: sheep
BP: sack
ʃ chave, achar, xarope, baixo, sushi sheep
tchau, atchim chip
t tipo, ritmo, ponte EP: stand
BP: chip
t tempo, átomo stand
v vela, livro vest
ʒ ʒ já, gente pleasure
z rasgo, os meus EP: pleasure
BP: zebra
z casa, os amigos, doze, existir zebra
 
Semivowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Portugal
EP
Brazil
BP
j saia, pais, yeti, yoga you
w frequente, quão, mau, Cauã, western want
Stressed vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Portugal
EP
Brazil
BP
a a alzheimer, Jaime, dá, lámen, àquele father
ɐ falámos, falamos, andaime EP: father
BP: strut
ɐ falamos, câmera, bug strut
e abelha, venho, jeito EP: strut
BP: case (Scottish)
e meto, sê case (Scottish)
ɛ prémio (EP), prêmio (BP) EP: set
BP: case (Scottish)
ɛ meta, sé, Émerson, cafezinho set
i si, dia, país, suíço, rainha, diesel seat
ɔ ɔ formosa, formosos, avó, somente off
o António (EP), Antônio (BP) EP: off
BP: story
o avô, formoso, alô story
ow Sousa EP: story
BP: goat (American)
u rua, lúcido, saúde cool
Unstressed vowels
ɐ ɐ taça, manhã about
a maior, aquele, da EP: about
BP: grandma
a Camões, caveira grandma
ɛ e incrível, segmento EP: access
BP: case (Scottish)
ɨ semáforo EP: emission
BP: case (Scottish)
i jure, pequeno, se EP: emission
BP: seat
i júri, meandro, e, doe seat
o ow Gouveia story
ɔ o hospital EP: royale
BP: story
u sortudo EP: outlook
BP: story
u evacuar, boneco, vi-o, voo, frio, os outlook
 
Suprasegmentals
Stress and syllabification
IPA Examples Explanation
Portugal
EP
Brazil
BP
ˈ João [ʒuˈɐ̃w] lexical stress
ˌ Vila-Chã [ˌvilɐˈʃɐ̃] secondary stress
. Rio [ˈʁi.u] syllable break
Diacritics
◌̃ Chã [ˈʃɐ̃] nasal vowel

Notes

References

  • Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1999). "Portuguese (European)". In International Phonetic Association (ed.). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Cambridge University Press. pp. 126–130. ISBN 0-521-63751-1.
  • Mateus, Maria Helena; d'Andrade, Ernesto (2000). The Phonology of Portuguese. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823581-X.

See also

Tags:

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