Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Esperanto
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Esperanto 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 Esperanto phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Esperanto.
Consonants
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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b
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bela
|
best
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t͡s
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enciklopedio celo
|
pizza
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t͡ʃ
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ĉar
|
cheese
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d
|
devi
|
debt
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f
|
fero
|
face
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ɡ
|
gumo
|
go
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d͡ʒ
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ĝeni
|
Jane
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h
|
havi
|
high
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x
|
monaĥo ĥaoso
|
loch
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j
|
jaro
|
you
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ʒ
|
heredaĵo ĵurnalo
|
vision
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k
|
kilo
|
keen
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l
|
lerni
|
lean
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m
|
mapo
|
mother
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n
|
nazo
|
need
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p
|
perlo
|
pearl
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r
|
resti
|
far (Scottish English)
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s
|
sekvi
|
sell
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ʃ
|
ŝelko
|
shadow
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t
|
teritorio
|
territory
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v
|
valvo
|
valve
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z
|
zinko
|
zinc
|
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Vowels
IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
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a
|
sana
|
father
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e
|
bele
|
bell
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i
|
vidi
|
seat
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o
|
modo
|
more
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u
|
ŝutu
|
cool
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Diphthongs
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
ai̯
|
pajlo; gaja; veraj
|
bye
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au̯
|
daŭri; naŭa; hodiaŭ
|
about
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ei̯
|
vejno; lernejo
|
bay
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eu̯
|
feŭdo; Eŭropo
|
go (some dialects[a])
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oi̯
|
sojlo; vojo; kukoj
|
boy
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ui̯
|
tuj; Francujo; kiuj
|
tui
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ou̯
|
poŭpo; toŭfuo
|
goal
|
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Notes
- ^ These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American, Northern England, Welsh, Scottish and Irish English, have no close equivalent vowel
See also
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