Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Corsican
The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican 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
IPA
Examples
English approximation
b b abb u; p orta; v ai
b ike
c chj osu; machj a
sk ew
d d ormi; t ettu
d one
dz z itellu; pranz u
dads
dʒ gi oia; piac e
j ab
ɖ edd u; coradd u; stadd a
d ine (Indian English )
ð [ 1] d onna; strad a
th is
f f ora; goff u
f ast
ɡ [ 2] g attu; butteg a; ringh era; foc u
g as
ɟ [ 3] ghj ornu; oghj e
arg ue
k c orsu; bocc a; ch i; q uale; k iwi
sc ar
l [ 4] l atru; ell u
l ip
ʎ famigli a; agli u
roughly like milli on
m m ele; m ama a; cam pu [ 5] m other
ɱ in fini[ 5]
some value
n n eve; cenn u
n est
ŋ cin que; rin ghera[ 5]
sing
ɲ bisogn u; castagn u
roughly like cany on
p p esciu; p orgu; casp a
sp in
r r asoghju; ferr u; per si
Trilled r , Spanish : perr o
s [ 6] s eccu; s trada; quess u
s orry
ʃ sc effu; pesci u
sh ip
t t utt u; att ent u
st ar
ts z appatu; lazz a
cats
tʃ c ecu; c i
ch ip
v serv ici; av iò: f rittu; w att
v ent
z cas a
z ipper
ʒ sgi ò; brusg era
meas ure
Semivowels
j pi ù; mei u, gabbi a; Ai acciu; y acht
y ou
w qu ale; gu erra; nev e; b asta; w eek-end
w ine
Vowels
IPA
Examples
English approximation
a [ 7] a rma ; serà
roughly like fa ther
e [ 8] e le ttu; me iu
roughly like pa y
ɛ [ 8] è pica; te rra
be d
i i ; mì
see
o o ra; giò vani
sto ry
ɔ aviò
o ff
u u ; più
too l
Suprasegmentals
IPA
Examples
English approximation
ˈ làm pana [ˈlampana]
bo ttle
ˌ pru piamen te [ˌprupjaˈmente]
in tona tion
. via [ˈwi.a]
moai
^ In some dialects, it is omitted or pronounced [r ] .
^ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
^ Sometimes pronounced [j ] .
^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [r ] .
^ a b c A nasal consonant always assimilates its place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, before /g/ or /k/ , it is velar ŋ /v/ or /f/ , it is labiodental ɱ m /p/ or /b/ .
^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [ʃ ] before [t ] .
^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ ] .
^ a b In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ ] or [a ] .
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