Help:IPA/Neapolitan

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

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Neapolitan language 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.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b banca, campagna, abbrile bike d zantraglie, verde done dz nun sapé, canzone, cazetta dads dʒ maggìa, Francia jab f fatto, fernuto fast ɡ gatto, manco gas ɡj ɟ agghiaià, banchiero ague ʝ famiglia, guaglione roughly like yes, but stronger, or ague k puorco, quanno scar kj c chiesa, muschià masculine l auciello, luglio lip or feel m maggìa, ammore mother ɱ nfierno symphony n monte, penziero nest ŋ songo, cinco singing ɲ cugnato, ogne roughly like canyon p primmo, coppia spin r grotta, sciore, camorra trilled r s sano, presenza, stato sorry ʃ rascia, pesce, scarparo ship t tanto, rete, fatto star ts zùccaro, miezzo, pazienza cats tʃ auciello, cerasa, faccia somewhat between watch and wash v vùfero, spavetto, vraccio vent z snùdeco, sdignata zipper ʒ sbagliato, sveglia vision Semivowels IPA Examples English approximation j iennaro/jennaro, auciello, cchiù, paisano you w fuoco, guaglione, caulo wine

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation Short vowels a æ sciaurato, campagna manner e viento, pecché roughly like pay, but shorter ɛ spavetto, dente, cafè bed ə nùmmero, coppia, pecché again i primmo, accussì see, but shorter o gruosso, coppia story, but shorter ɔ còmmodo, Maronna off u scurnacchiato, nùmmero tool, but shorter Long vowels ɑː ɐː æː sciaurato, Napule father or bad eː ej ɛj æɨ nzieme, peso late ɛː scena, vero bear (RP) or late iː tipo, zie see oː ow ɔw əʉ ammore, dint'ô sciore story or goal ɔː soje, cose story or goal uː ajute, fernuto tool Other vowels ɨ roses Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation ˈ cozze primary stress ˌ veramente secondary stress . diamante syllable break

Notes

1. ^ If a consonant is doubled after a vowel, it is geminated; all consonants can be geminated except for /z/ and /ʒ/. In IPA, gemination can be represented either by doubling the consonant (fatto , miezzo ) or by the length marker ⟨ː⟩. Neapolitan, like standard Italian, also has a sandhi phenomenon called syntactic gemination, usually represented graphically: e.g. è ssoje .
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} /b/, /dʒ/, /ʝ/, /ɲ/, /ʃ/ and (word-internally) /m/ are always geminated after a vowel.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} After a nasal, /c/, /p/, /t/, /tʃ/, /k/ and /ts/ are replaced by their voiced counterparts , , , , , .
4. ^ ^{a b} When not preceded by ⟨n⟩, ⟨z⟩ can represent either /dz/ or /ts/, according to the cases.
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} ⟨s⟩ is pronounced:
   • /s/ when geminated or when not preceded by ⟨n⟩ and followed by ⟨t⟩, a vowel or a semivowel;
   • /ʃ/ when followed by any voiceless consonant except ⟨t⟩;
   • /z/ when followed by ⟨n⟩, ⟨d⟩, ⟨r⟩ or ⟨l⟩;
   • /ʒ/ when followed by any voiced consonant except ⟨n⟩, ⟨d⟩, ⟨r⟩ or ⟨l⟩;
   • /dz/ when preceded by ⟨n⟩.
6. ^ ^{a b} If the two characters ⟨ɡ⟩ and ⟨⟩ do not match and if the first looks like a ⟨γ⟩, then you have an issue with your default font. See Help:IPA § Rendering issues.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Chiefly occurring in Apulian dialects.
8. ^ Might be slightly velarized .
9. ^ ^{a b c d} Nasals always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, the n in /nɡ/ is a velar and the one in /nf/~/nv/ is a labiodental . A nasal before /b/ and /m/ is always the labial .
10. ^ When not geminated nor following another consonant, /tʃ/ tends to be pronounced .
11. ^ Two diphthongs, uo /wo(ː)/ and ie /je(ː)/, are always stressed, unless they are at the very end of a word.
12. ^ ^{a b c d} Close- and open-mid vowels /e ɛ o ɔ/ can only appear when the syllable is stressed.
13. ^ After the stressed syllable, /a e o/ (and occasionally /i u/) change to . This sound is sometimes also found before the stressed syllable and spelled ⟨e⟩, as is fernì .
14. ^ Vowels are long when stressed in non-final open syllables: casa ~ cassa , or when compounds of preposition a and an article: a + ’o = ô.

See also

• Category:Pages with Neapolitan IPA (109)