Help:IPA/Catalan

There are two major standards, one of Catalan (C)—based in the Central Coast of Catalonia, encompassing most Eastern Catalan features—and one of Valencian (V)—based in Southern Valencia, encompassing most Western Catalan features. Neither variant is preferred over the other in Wikipedia articles except in cases where a local pronunciation is clearly more relevant (such as a place in Catalonia or a Valencian artist).

See Catalan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of standard Catalan and Valencian, and Catalan orthography for the main correspondences between spelling and pronunciation. (For an extensive list of spelling-to-sound correspondences, see this)

IPA Consonants C V Examples English approximation b b bell, àmbit, capgròs[1][2] best v vell, envit, watt [1][2] best (C) / vest (V) β avanç, selva[3][2] vest[3] b abans, arbre[3][2] vest[3] (C) / best (V) d drac, indret, ritme[1] door dz dz setze, tots alhora[4][1] adze[4] z utilitza[4] adze[4] (C) / zebra[4] (V) dʒ viatja, fetge, migdia[4][1] jeep ð cada, lladre[3] other f fort, bafs face ɡ guant, angle, guiar, ècdisi[1] got ɣ aigües, agrat, lloguer[3] between got and hot[3] k cors, quan, qui, llarg, kiwi, Kuwait, viking, kelvin scan l laca, ceŀla,[5] val[6] pile ʎ llac, cella,[5] Elx[6] billion m meu, comte[6] mode ɱ limfa, ínfim[6] lymph n neu, dansa[6] note ŋ sang,[6] cigne ring ɲ nyeu, penges[6] onion p por, dubte span r ruc, mirra, honra[7] Scots rook ɾ mira, truc, per[7] US atom s set, està, feliç[4] sick[4] ʃ tʃ xec, Barx[4] ship (C) / cheap (V) jʃ caixa[4] ship (C) / geisha (V) ʃ Xàtiva, guix[4] ship t terra, fred stand ts lletsó, tots[4] cats[4] tʃ txec, veig, mig cheap v hafni, bafs d'aigua[1] vest z zel, esma[4][1] zebra[4] ʒ dʒ joc, gespa[4] genre (C) / jeep (V) j jo[4] genre (C) / young (V) jʒ caixmir[4][1] genre (C) / beige (V) ʒ guix verd[4][1] genre IPA Marginal consonants h ehem[8], Sàhara hot θ theta, López thing x kharja, Bach Scots loch   IPA Semivowels[9] C V Examples English approximation j iode, posa-hi, York young w quart, Güell, posa-ho, web quick

IPA Vowels C V Examples English approximation a sac, ànecs father ɛ ɛ set, èxit pet e sec, què[10] pet (C) / face (V) e séc, anells, ídem[11] face ə demà[11] alpha (C) / face (V) a fadrí, entens[11] alpha (C) / father (V) i naixement alpha (C) / meet (V) i sic, ties, fillet[11] meet ɔ soc, això off o o sóc, molt, ego, mouré[11] story u oratge[11] rule (C) / story (V) u suc, dues, fullet, cobert[11] rule IPA Marginal vowels y déjà vu[12] cute[12]   IPA Suprasegmentals C V Examples Explanation ˈ Dídac [ˈdiðək] (C) / [ˈdiðak] (V) primary stress ˌ Bellpuig [ˌbeʎˈputʃ] (C / V) secondary stress . Maria [məˈɾi.ə] (C) / [maˈɾi.a] (V) syllable break ː Imma [ˈimːə] (C) / [ˈimːa] (V) long consonant/vowel IPA Other representations ( ) Corts [ˈkoɾ(t)s] (C / V) optional sound

Other transcriptions

Catalan in Andorra, Western Catalonia and La Franja (NW)

Northwestern, a continuous dialect of the Western Catalan branch, uses the same pronunciation pattern as Standard Valencian (see V above). However, there are some differences that should be used in the transcription of local names in Andorra, Western Catalonia (Lleida and part of Tarragona) and the Aragonese border (La Franja). Those differences are:

(Note for transcriptions of Northwestern Catalan use the corresponding sounds of Standard Valencian and the sharing features with Standard Catalan)

Transcription of Insular Eastern Catalan

For transcriptions of Insular Catalan dialects:

• Help:IPA/Insular Catalan

• Category:Pages with Catalan IPA (1,832)
• Category:Pages with Valencian IPA (388)

• "Gramàtica essencial de la llengua catalana (GEIEC)". Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC).
• "Diccionari normatiu valencià (DNV)". Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (AVL).
• "Diccionari català-valencià-balear (DCVB)". Ed. Moll / Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC).
• "reSOLC-mitjansCAT". Institut Universitari de Lingüística Aplicada (IULA) – Pompeu Fabra University / Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC).