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 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Macedonian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Macedonian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Macedonian 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 Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Macedonian.
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| b | баба | box |
| c | ќерка, куќа | cute |
| d | дом | dust |
| d͡z | ѕвезда, ѕид | birds |
| d͡ʒ | џеб | jab |
| f | фалба, прв | fact |
| ɡ | гулаб, | goo |
| ɟ | ѓавол | argue |
| j | јас | yes |
| k | куќа, југ | skill |
| l | лимон | leap |
| ɫ | лук | all |
| ʎ | љубов | million |
| m | море | mocha |
| n | нос | north |
| ɲ | бања | canyon |
| ŋ | банка | sing |
| p | пет, даб | speak |
| r | рака | trilled r, like in Spanish |
| r̩ | прст | US: verb (trilled) |
| s | стол | salt, mask |
| ʃ | шума | sugar |
| t | тајна, запад | style |
| t͡s | цар | bats |
| t͡ʃ | човек | cheese |
| v | вода | view |
| x | херој | loch (Scottish English) |
| z | зима | zoo |
| ʒ | жолт | pleasure |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| ɫ̩ | монокл | little |
| n̩ | кловн | button |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| a | брат | father |
| ɛ | еден | edge |
| i | сив | police |
| ɔ | слон | off |
| u | убав | pool |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| ə | к’смет | sofa |
| IPA | Description |
|---|---|
| ˈ | Stress on the following syllable |
Sources
- Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje
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