Help:IPA/Serbo-Croatian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Serbo-Croatian (the Croatian and Serbian standards thereof) 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.

Examples below in the Latin script are given in the Ijekavian pronunciation, while Cyrillic ones are in the Ekavian pronunciation. See Serbo-Croatian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of these languages.

Consonants
IPAExampleEnglish approximation
LatinCyrillic
bbobбобbob
ddanданdoom
đak[1]ђакjeep (Alveolo-palatal)
ep[1][2]џeпjust
ffilmфилмfilm
ɡgoreгореgorgeous
jjaјаyaw
kkolaколаscore
lLukaЛукаfill
ʎbiljeбиљеmillion
mmoreмореmore
ɱinformacijaинформацијаcomfort
nneнеno
ŋbankaбанкаbank
ɲkonjкоњcanyon
ppetпетspace
rrobotроботtrilled r, like in Spanish
sstolстолstole
ʃšuma[2]шумаshell
ttataтатаstar
ćup[1]ћупcheap (Alveolo-palatal)
tsribicaрибицаshorts
čekić[1][2]чекићchoose
vvoda[3]водаbetween vet and wet
xhirхирScottish loch
zzimaзимаzoo
ʒžaba[2]жабаtreasure
Vowels
IPAExampleEnglish approximation
LatinCyrillic
aradрадfather
eletлетlet
ilistлистleast
omoreмореmore
utrupтрупtool
biciklбициклlittle
njutnњутнburden
vrbaврбаUS verb, but trilled
Tone and vowel length
Tonic marks are not normally written but are found in dictionaries.[4]
IPAExampleExplanation
LatinCyrillic
esezónaсезо́наnon-tonic short vowel
ùzētiу̀зе̄тиnon-tonic long vowel[5]
ědjècaдјѐцаshort vowel with rising tone
ěːkrédaкре́даlong vowel with rising tone
êsjȅmeсјȅмеshort vowel with falling tone
êːrȇpрȇпlong vowel with falling tone

Notes

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