Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Lakota
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lakota 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.
Consonants
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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b
|
bló
|
about
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tʃ
|
wašíču
|
check
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tʃʰ
|
héčhena
|
choose
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tʃʼ
|
šič’éši
|
check, but with a pause afterwards
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g
|
ógle
|
again
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ʁ
|
ǧí
|
Northumbrian burr
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h
|
wóžuha
|
hat
|
x
|
ȟóta
|
Spanish jota
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k
|
ská
|
skin
|
k’
|
k’éyaš
|
skin, but with a pause afterwards
|
kʰ
|
wakhéya
|
cab
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kˣ
|
wakȟáŋ
|
like cab, but sharper
|
l
|
hokšíla
|
life
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m
|
makȟá
|
man
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n
|
iná
|
not
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p
|
tópa
|
spot
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pʰ
|
ophíye
|
pot
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pˣ
|
pȟeží
|
like pot, but sharper
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p’
|
p’ó
|
spot, but with a pause afterwards
|
s
|
tiyospaye
|
sun
|
ʃ
|
tóške
|
shoe
|
t
|
witkó
|
stand
|
t’
|
t’élanuwela
|
stand, but with a pause afterwards
|
tʰ
|
mathó
|
torn
|
tˣ
|
tȟáwa
|
like torn, but sharper
|
w
|
tuwá
|
well
|
j
|
wíŋyaŋ
|
yes
|
z
|
wazí
|
zip
|
ʒ
|
maǧážu
|
measure
|
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Vowels
|
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
a
|
akézaptaŋ
|
hat
|
ɛ
|
iye
|
bed
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ɪ
|
iš
|
bit
|
ɔ
|
kȟolá
|
off
|
ʊ
|
táku
|
push
|
ə̃
|
waŋží
|
huh
|
ɪ̃
|
siŋtésapela
|
bit, but nasalized
|
ʊ̃
|
uŋkiye
|
push, but nasalized
|
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References
- Ingham, Bruce. Lakota (Languages of the World).
See also
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Comparisons | |
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