Help:IPA/Sorbian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian 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.

Consonants
IPA		Examples	Nearest English equivalent
L	U
b		bałma (U)[a]	boot
bʲ		bjakać (U)[a]	beautiful
ɕ		šćit (L)[a][b][c]	sheep (L)
d		dań (U)[a]	do
dʲ		[d]	media
dz		licba (L)[a]	lads
dʑ		[a]	jig (L)
dʒ		dźak (U)[a][c]	jug
f		fabula (U)[a]	fool
fʲ		[d]	few
ɡ		gagać (U)[a]	good
ɡʲ		[d]	argue
ɣ		[a]	good, but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth
h		habla (U)	hood
hʲ		[d]	heed
j		jadro (U)	yes
k		kabat (U)[a]	scar
kʲ		[d]	skew
l		lac (U)	lack
lʲ		[d]	failure
m		mač (U)	moot
mʲ		mjaso (U)	mute
n		nabać (U)	noon
nʲ		hromadźernja (U)	vinyard
ŋ		[e]	sang
ŋʲ		[e]	sing
p		pad (U)[a]	span
pʲ		pjany (U)[a]	spew
r	ʁ	rad (U)[f]	American atom (L) French rouge (U)
rʲ	ʁʲ	rjadka (U)[f]	American catty (L) French rime (U)
s		sadło (U)[a]	soup
ʃ		šach (U)[a][c]	rush
t		tajić (U)[a]	stand
tʲ		[d]	stew (RP)
tɕ		[a][c]	chip (L)
ts		całta (U)[a]	cats
tʃ		ćahać (U)[a][c]	chop
v		vatikanski (U)[a]	voodoo
vʲ		[d]	view
w		wačka (U)	boot, but without lips completely closed
wʲ		wjaznyć (U)	between wet and yet
x		čichawa (U)	loch (Scottish); ugh
xʲ		[d]	huge
z		zabić (U)[a]	zoo
ʑ		[a][c]	prestige (L)
ʒ		žaba (U)[a][c]	pleasure

Vowels
IPA		Examples	Nearest English equivalent
L	U
a		pask (U)	father
ɛ		pesimistiski (U)[d][g]	met
ɪ		pĕseń (U)[d][g][h]	kit
i		pisać (U)[g]	meet
ɨ		pysk (U)[g]	roses (for some dialects)
ɔ		posyć (U)	off
	ʊ	póstniski (U)[h][i]	pull
u		pusty (U)	pool

IPA		Other
L	U
ˈ		Primary stress. Stress tends to fall on the first syllable of a word.
.		Syllable break.