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.
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b | babbu; porta; vai | bike | c | chjosu; machja | skew | d | dormi; tettu | done | dz | zitellu; pranzu | dads | dʒ | gioia; piace | jab | ɖ | eddu; coraddu; stadda | dine (Indian English) | ð[1] | donna; strada | this | f | fora; goffu | fast | ɡ[2] | gattu; buttega; ringhera; focu | gas | ɟ[3] | ghjornu; oghje | argue | k | corsu; bocca; chi; quale; kiwi | scar | l[4] | latru; ellu | lip | ʎ | famiglia; agliu | roughly like million | m | mele; mamaa; campu [5] | mother | ɱ | infini[5] | some value | n | neve; cennu | nest | ŋ | cinque; ringhera[5] | sing | ɲ | bisognu; castagnu | roughly like canyon | p | pesciu; porgu; caspa | spin | r | rasoghju; ferru; persi | Trilled r, Spanish: perro | s[6] | seccu; strada; quessu | sorry | ʃ | sceffu; pesciu | ship | t | tuttu; attentu | star | ts | zappatu; lazza | cats | tʃ | cecu; ci | chip | v | servici; aviò: frittu; watt | vent | z | casa | zipper | ʒ | sgiò; brusgera | measure | Semivowels |
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j | più; meiu, gabbia; Aiacciu; yacht | you | w | quale; guerra; neve; basta; week-end | wine |
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IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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a[7] | arma; serà | roughly like father | e[8] | elettu; meiu | roughly like pay | ɛ[8] | èpica; terra | bed | i | i; mì | see | o | ora; giòvani | story | ɔ | aviò | off | u | u; più | too | | Suprasegmentals |
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ˈ | làmpana [ˈlampana] | bottle | ˌ | prupiamente [ˌprupjaˈmente] | intonation | . | via [ˈwi.a] | moai |
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