Help:IPA/Latin

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Classical Latin and Ecclesiastical Latin 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 Latin phonology and orthography and Latin regional pronunciation for a more thorough look at the sounds of Latin.

Key

Consonants[1]
IPALatin
alphabet
ExamplesEnglish approximation
Class.Eccl.
bbbellumbean
dddecemdeck
dzz[2]zēlusadds
g[3]gēnsgiant
fffaciōfan
ɡggravisgear
hh[4]habeōher or hour
ji[5]j[5]jūvoyes
kc, kcaputscar
ch[2]chartacar
qu[6]quattuorsquash
kᶣquī(French) cuisine
lllītusleave
ɫl[7]multusall
mm[8]manusman
nn[8]nosternext
ŋlongus[9]song
gignis[9]
ɲgnignis[9]onion
pppāxspan
ph[2]pharetrapan
rrregiōtrilled or tapped r
ss[10]sumbetween sip and ship (retracted)
ʃsc[3]scindōship
tttabulastone
th[2]thalamustone
tst[3]portBotswana
c[3]centumchange
wu[5]uerbumwest
vv[5]vest
zz[2]zēlusbetween zone and genre (retracted)
s[10]miserēre
Vowels[11]
IPALatin
alphabet
ExamplesEnglish approximation
Class.Eccl.
aaanimapasta
āācer, āctusfather
ɛeestmet
eae/æ
oe/œ
e
ēēlēctusScottish made
ɪiincipitmit
ii
y
īra, mīllemead
ī
ɔoomnisoff
oo
ōōrdōRP or Australian law
ʊuurbsput
uulūnacool
ū
ʏy[2]cyclusScottish cute
ȳ[2]cȳmaScottish cued
Vowels that precede vowels[12]
eeVmeaScottish mate
iiVItaliapeace
Diphthongs
ae̯aecaelumsigh
oe̯oepoenaboy
au̯auaurumcow
ei̯eimeisay
eu̯eudeusno English equivalent; Spanish euro
ui̯uicuiruin
Nasal vowels[8]
◌̃ːum
un
mōnstrumlong nasal vowels
Prosody
IPAExamplesExplanation
ˈGāius
[ˈɡaː.i.ʊs]
stress (placed before the stressed syllable)[13]
.syllable marker, generally between vowels in hiatus[14]

Notes

See also