Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Bulgarian
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Bulgarian.
ConsonantsIPA | Letters | Examples | English approximation |
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b | б | баба | box |
c | к | кюфте | cute |
d | д | дом | dust |
d͡z | дз | дзифт | birds |
d͡ʒ | дж | джем | jab |
f | ф | филм | fact |
ɡ | г | гарван | good |
ɟ | гяур | argue |
j | й, ь | сойка | yes |
k | к | къща | skill |
l | л | лимон | leap |
ɫ | лош | all |
ʎ | любов | million |
m | м | море | mocha |
n | н | нос | north |
ɲ | баня | canyon |
p | п | пет | speak |
r | р | работа | trilled r, like in Spanish |
s | с | стол | salt, mask |
ʃ | ш | шума | sugar |
t | т | тайна | style |
t͡s | ц | цар | bats |
t͡ʃ | ч | чай | cheese |
v | в | вода | view |
w | у, л | уиски, лош (colloquial) | water |
x | х | хартия | loch (Scottish English) |
z | з | зима | zoo |
ʒ | ж | жълт | pleasure |
Marginal consonantsIPA | Examples | English approximation |
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ɣ | видях го | between go and ahold |
ç | Хюз | huge |
ŋ | банка | sing |
VowelsIPA | Letters | Examples | English approximation |
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a | а | брат | father |
ɤ | ъ | кът | plus |
ɛ | е | цена | edge |
i | и | сив | police |
ɔ | о | слон | off |
u | у | хубав | pool |
Reduced vowelsIPA | Letters | Examples | English approximation |
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ɐ | а, ъ | щерка, камък | sofa |
o | о, у | нещо, уста | thought (RP), coat (Scottish English) |
Other symbolsIPA | Description |
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ˈ | Stress on the following syllable |
ˌ | Secondary stress on the following syllable |
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