ipa/Greenlandic
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Greenlandic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Greenlandic on Wiki English. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Greenlandic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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See Greenlandic phonology and Inuit phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Greenlandic and other Inuit languages.
| IPA | Examples | nearest English equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| çː | agguut | hue |
| fː | affaq | for |
| ɣ | igaaq | Spanish fuego |
| j | qajaq | yes |
| k | kukik | ski |
| l | aleqa | land |
| ɬː | illu | By getting the tongue up to the roof and giving a quick breath out; Welsh llwyd. |
| m | mannik | man |
| n | nuna | now |
| ŋ | angut | sing |
| ɴ | arnaq | like ng but further down the throat |
| p | putu | spoil |
| q | qajaq | like k but further down the throat |
| ʁ | erinaq | French rester |
| s | sisamat | soon |
| t | tallimat | stop |
| ts | timi, atsa | cats |
| v | savik | love |
| χː | tarraq | like Scottish loch but further down the throat |
| IPA | Examples | nearest English equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| a | aja | cat |
| aː | aak | mad |
| ɑ | qajaq | like father, but shorter |
| ɑː | aaq | father |
| ɜ | erneq | bet or but |
| ɜː | meeraq | Australian bear or Australian burn |
| i | isi | meat |
| iː | kiinaq | knee |
| ɔ | oqaq | off |
| ɔː | sooq | more |
| u | pukusuk | roof |
| ʉ | nuna | Australian goose |
| uː | kuuk | coo |
| y | ipi | roughly like meat, but with rounded lips |
| Diphthongs | ||
| ai | iliorarpai | irate |
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