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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Gujarati 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.

See Gujarati phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Gujarati.

Consonants
IPA	Gujarati	IAST	English approximation
b	બ	b	bat
bʱ	ભ	bh	clubhhouse
β^[1]	ભ	bh	somewhat like averse
d	દ	d	dog
ð^[1]	ધ	dh	other
dʱ	ધ	dh	redhead
ɖ	ડ	ḍ	American English bird
ɖʱ	ઢ	ḍh	American English birdhouse
dʒ	જ	j	jack
dʒʱ	ઝ	z	hedgehog
f^[1]	ફ	ph	afraid
ɡ	ગ	g	gate
ɡʱ	ઘ	gh	loghouse
ɣ^[1]	ઘ	gh	go, but without completely blocking airflow on the g
h	ઃ	ḥ	head
ɦ	હ	h	ahead
j	ય	y	yak
k	ક	k	scold
kʰ	ખ	kh	cold
l	લ	l	leaf
ɭ	ળ	l	somewhat like Merlin
m	મ	m	much
n	ન	n	not
ɳ	ણ	ṇ	somewhat like burner
ɲ	ઞ	ñ	canyon
ŋ	ઙ	ṅ	bank
p	પ	p	span
pʰ	ફ	ph	pan
ɾ	ર	r	atom (American English)
ɽ^[2]	ડ	ḍ	somewhat like murder
ɽʱ^[2]	ઢ	ḍh	No English equivalent
ɽ̃^[2]	ણ	ṇ	as above, but nasal
s^[3]	સ	s	sue
ʂ^[3]	ષ	ṣ	somewhat like worship
ʃ^[3]	શ	ś	sheep
t	ત	t	stop
tʰ	થ	th	top
ʈ	ટ	ṭ	somewhat like court
ʈʰ	ઠ	ṭh	somewhat like tree
tʃ	ચ	c	catch
tʃʰ	છ	ch	cheese
ʋ	વ	v	vine

Vowels
IPA	Gujarati	IAST	English approximation
ɑ	આ, કા	ā	bra
æ			cash
e	એ, કે	e	pay
ɛ	ઍ, કૅ	â	bed
ə	અ, ક	a	about
i	ઇ/ ઈ, કિ/ કી	i	see
o	ઓ, કો	o	story
ɔ	ઑ, કૉ	ô	off
u	ઉ/ ઊ, કુ/ કૂ	u	look
əj	ઐ, કૈ	ai	kite
əʋ	ઔ, કૌ	au	house

Other symbols
IPA	Gujarati	IAST	Notes
◌̃	ં	ṃ	nasal vowel ([õː], etc.)
◌̃	◌̤		murmured vowel^[4]
ː			Length: Vowels are long when nasal (e.g. [moʈʈũː]
ˈ			stress (placed before stressed syllable)

Notes

References

Cardona, George; Suthar, Babu (2003), "Gujarati", in Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh (eds.), The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-77294-5
Masica, Colin (1991), The Indo-Aryan Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2
Mistry, P.J. (1997), "Gujarati Phonology", in Kaye, A.S (ed.), Phonologies of Asia and Africa, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, ISBN 1-57506-019-1
Mistry, P.J. (2003), "Gujarati", in Frawley, William (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, vol. 2 (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-516784-8

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