The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Indigenous Fijian 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
IPAOrthographyEnglish approximationFijian example
β v vase, but with both lips vinaka (/βi.na.ka/)
j y (often silent) yes yaqona (/jaˈᵑɡona/
f[1] f[2] father (/fa.ða/
ð c then moce (/mo.ðe/)
h h[2] hello
k k sky kakua (/ka.ku.a/)
l l less liu (/li̯u/)
m m mum me (/me/
mb b number bula (/ᵐbu.la/
n n noon na (/na/
nd d and Nadi (/ˈnan.di/)
ɳɖ nr Above, but with the tongue curled or pulled back
ndʒ j, di ([ndʒi]) inɡenious jija [ndʒi.ndʒa]
ŋ g song turaga (/tu.ra.ŋa/)
ŋɡ q finger Voreqe (/βoˈreŋ.ɡe/)
p p[2] play pusi (/pu.si/
r r (trilled) Ositerelia (/o.si.te.re.li.a)
s s sister Suva (/su.βa/)
t t stop Lautoka (/lɔu̯.to.ka/)
tʃ j, ti ([tʃi]) church, venture Josaia (/tʃoˈsɛi.a/), Viti (/βitʃi/)
ɰ w between Spanish fuego and water lewa (/le.ɰa/)
Stress
IPAExampleNote
ˈ siga [ˈsiŋa],
cauravou [ðɔuraˈβou]		 Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the final vowel is short,
on the final syllable if it has a long vowel or a diphthong.
Vowels
IPAOrthographyEnglish approximation
a a cat
aː
e e pet
eː
i i seat
iː
o o more
oː
u u cool
uː
Diphthongs
ei ei American may
eu eu go (some dialects[a]); Spanish Europa
ɛi ai RP, Aus, NZ may
iu iu few
oi oi coy
ou ou American goal
ɔu au RP, Aus, NZ goal

Notes

  1. ↑ 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 English, Northern England English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Irish English, have no close equivalent vowel.
  1. ↑ Sounds /f/, /h/, /p/ used only in loanwords and certain dialects
  2. 1 2 3 Only in loanwords

See also

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Fijian