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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Mayan on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mayan 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.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Mayan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the various Mayan languages 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.

IPA Examples English approximation Consonants ʔ k'in, Ch'ol the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop ɓ K'axob, Xibalba like boy but sucking air tʃ ch child tʃʼ ch' popped ch h jelik, Q'umarkaj he x j loch k k skin kʼ k' popped kin l l leave m m man n n noodle ŋ nh sing p p span pʼ p' popped pan q q cut but further back from throat qʼ q' as above, but ejective ɾ Xcaret atom s s sack t t stand tʼ t' popped tan tʲ ty tee tʲʼ ty' as above, but ejective ts tz cats tsʼ tz' popped cats w w wand ʃ Xunantunich, yaax shoe j y yes

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels a kax, Tabscoob between fat and father(short) aː naach between fat and father (long) e e met eː ee pay ə k'än sofa əː määchäl RP herb i i city iː ahiin see o pol story (short) oː oo story (long) u u full uː uu fool Stress ˈ Oxk'utzkab

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Boot, Erik (January 2002). "A Preliminary Classic Maya-English / English-Classic Maya Vocabulary of Hieroglyphic Readings" (PDF). Leiden University, the Netherlands. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
2. ^ Dienhart, John M. (1989). The Mayan Languages: A Comparative Vocabulary. Odense, Denmark: Odense University Press. ISBN 8774927221.
3. ^ Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. ISBN 1607810298.
4. ^ ^{a b} Closer to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.

See also

• Category:Pages with Mayan languages IPA (91)