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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Marathi 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 Marathi phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Marathi.

Consonants
IPA^[1]	Marathi^[1]	IAST	English Approximation
b	ब	b	abash
bʱ^[2]	भ	bh	clubhouse
d	द	d	deal (dental)
dʱ	ध	dh	redhead (dental)
ɖ	ड	ḍ	American bird
ɖʱ	ढ	ḍh	American birdhouse
dʑ^[3]	ज	j	jazz
dʑʱ^[3]	झ	jh	hedgehog
ɡ	ग	g	again
ɡʱ	घ	gh	loghouse
ɦ	ह	h	have
j	य, ञ	y	yak
k	क	k	scan
kʰ	ख	kh	can
l	ल	l	lot
ɭ̆^[4]	ळ	ḷ	Similar to bell
m	म	m	might
n	न	n	not
ŋ	ङ	ṅ	sing
ɳ	ण	ṇ	American burn
ɲ	ञ	ñ	minion
p	प	p	spot
pʰ^[5]	फ	ph	pot
ɾ	र	r	American atom
ʃ	श	ś	ship
ʂ	ष	ṣ	American worship
s^[6]	स	s	see
t	त	t	bit (dental)
tʰ	थ	th	table (dental)
ʈ	ट	ṭ	parts
ʈʰ	ठ	ṭh	partake
tɕ^[7]	च	c	catch
tɕʰ^[7]	छ	ch	beachead
ʋ	व	v	Between wine and vine

Vowels
IPA	Marathi	IAST	English Approximation
aː	आ	ā	father
æ	अ‍ॅ	æ	trap
ə	अ	a	about
e	ए	e	Scottish may
i	इ	i	happy
iː	ई	ī	keep
o	ओ	o	Scottish sole
ɔ	ऑ	a	not
u	उ	u	look
uː	ऊ	ū	boot
əi	ऐ	ai	Similar to buy
əm	अं	am	rhythm
əu	औ	au	Similar to go
ru	ऋ	ṛ	rule

Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ	stress (placed before stressed syllable)
◌ː	doubled consonant (placed after consonant)

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