Help:IPA/Azerbaijani

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) 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 approximation
azbazj
bبbabout
cکkskew
ç[1]حhue
dدdado
dz[2]جcadze
jump
fفffood
ɡقqago
ɣغğSpanish amigo
hهhhome
jیyyet
ɟگgargue
k[4]کkscore
lلllate
mمmmuch
nنnnot
ɲ[5]canyon
ŋ[6]wing
pپpspan
ɾرrAmerican atom
sسssend
ʃشşshoe
tتtstable
ts[2]چçbits
change
vوvvase
w[7]wet
xخxScottish loch
zزzzone
ʒژjleisure
Vowels
IPAOrthographyEnglish approximation
azbazj
Monophthongs
ɑآafather
æاَəcat
eائebed
iاِ،[8] ایicreek
oاوomole
œاؤöbird
uاُ،[8] اوُusoup
ɯاؽıroses
yاۆüsomewhat like cute
Diphthongs[9]
ow(v)[11]اووovshow
[12]
œy̯(v)[11]اؤوövsomewhat like French hébreu
œw[12]
Suprasegmentals
IPAExamplesMeaning
ˈBakı
[bɑˈcɯ]
stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
ːbarı
[ˈbɑːɾɯ]
long vowel

Notes

References

  • Səlimi, Hüseynqulu (1976). A generative phonology of Azerbaijani (PhD). University of Florida. OCLC 1045615622. ARK 13960/t1tf4s495. OL 18319A.

See also