The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Belarusian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Belarusian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Belarusian.
| Consonants |
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| IPA | Examples | IPA | Examples[1] | English approximation |
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| b | б | bʲ | б | boot; beautiful | | d | д | do | | d͡z | дз | d͡zʲ | дз | birds, adze | | d͡ʐ | дж | jug | | f | ф | fʲ | ф | fool; few | | ɣ | г | ɣʲ | г | | | k | к | kʲ | к | cooter; cute | | l | л[2] | lʲ | л | loot; lute (for some dialects) | | m | м | mʲ | м | moot; mute | | n | н | ɲ | н | noon; canyon (for some dialects) | | p | п | pʲ | п | paw; pew | | r | р | trilled r, like in Spanish | | s | с | sʲ | с | soup; super (for some dialects) | | ʂ | ш | shore | | t | т | tool | | t͡s | ц | t͡sʲ | ц | cats; quartz | | t͡ʂ | ч | child | | v | в[2] | vʲ | в | voodoo; view | | x | х | xʲ | х | bach; huge (for some dialects). | | z | з | zʲ | з | zoo; amazing | | ʐ | ж | rouge | | Marginal consonants |
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| ɡ | г, ґ | ɡʲ | г, ґ | goo; ague |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Examples | English equivalent |
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| a | а, я [3] | father | | ɛ | э, е [3] | met | | i | і [4] | meat | | ɨ | ы [4] | roses | | ɔ | о, ё [3] | born | | u | у, ю | choose |
| Semivowels |
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| IPA | Examples | English equivalent |
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| j | й[5] | yes, boy | | w | ў[2] | water |
| Other symbols |
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| IPA | Explanation |
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| ˈ | Stress (placed before the stressed syllable) | | ː | Gemination[6] (doubled consonant) |
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Notes
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See also