Help:IPA/Walloon

The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) represents Walloon language pronunciation 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[1]
  IPA  ExamplesEnglish approximation
bbarbôjhebin
çschåyî[2]hue
χScottish loch, German Bach
ddeûtdo
djanvîjeep
fffestival
ɡgayole, gueuyegain
h[2]hagnonhatch
kstoumak, cwandsky
lléreloo
mmondemoo
nnaweno
ɲdignitéroughly like canyon
paprindespy
ʀaresterFrench frère
s[3]sûner, cénk, çoula, dissusing
ʃchal, shijhinme,[3] xhaxhler[2]shelf
ttinsstop
tchesteachip
vvintlove
zzûnerzoo
ʒjhon[2]leisure
Semivowels
jyebe, beacôpyes
wwalon, moeswind
Vowels[4]
  IPA  ExamplesEnglish approximation
Short vowels
agadeRP pat
eévôshey
ɛefant, dalaedjebet
ɪpititkit
ɔsorisoff
ødjeubird
ʊatouwerbook
ypusScottish cute, French rue
Long vowels
ɑː[5]djåzer, diâlelarge or board
ɛː[6]gaiyté, fêyebed or Scottish bait
pîsee
rôzeboard
[7]ncool
ûtScottish cute, French rue, but longer
Nasal vowels
ɑ̃[5]blanccroissant
bénroughly like ring
ɛ̃[6]rindeChopin
ɔ̃djondouroughly like American bone
œ̃djunroughly like sung

Notes

References

  • "Walloon language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. March 20, 2013.

See also