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The chart below shows the ways in which IPA represents the pronunciations of Quechuan 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.

A superscript flag Cusco signals a sound or spelling found specifically in the Cuzco-Collao varieties, Department of Ayacucho is for Ayacucho Quechua, Ancash is for Ancash Quechua, c is for Chachapoyas Quechua and Department of Junín is for Wanka Quechua.

Consonants
IPA Orthography Examples English approximation
dʒ llc llusha job
h h huñuy, muhu house
j y yana, paya, ayni, kay yes
k k kuntur, puka, chakra, wanka, wak scat
kʰ kh Cusco khuyay, ukhu cat
kʼ k' Cusco k'ispa, nak'ay like scat, but with a restriction of air
l l layu, q'ala lamp
ʎ ll llapa, allin, allqu, chunchull similar to billion; equal to Italian figlio
m m marka, ama, pampa, qam map
n n nina, nanay, anta, ancha none
ɲ ñ ñit'iy, wiñay, qiñwa similar to canyon
ŋ n anka, purin, pampa sing
ɴ n anqas similar to sing, but further back
p p pirqa, papa, sapsa spat
pʰ ph Cusco phiña, iphu pan
pʼ p' Cusco p'unchaw, sip'u, hamp'atu like spat, but with a restriction of air
q q qullqi, ñuqa, waqra, kamayuq similar to scud, but deeper in the throat
χ Department of Ayacucho similar to loch, but further back
ʔ ~ h ~ x ~ ∅ Department of Junín either like the stop between uh-oh or happy
qʰ qh Cusco qhapaq, aqha similar to scud, but deeper in the throat
qʼ q' Cusco q'isa, suq'u, hamanq'ay similar to scud, but with a restriction of air
ɾ r runtu, uray, turpay, yawar like atom in American English
s s sunqu, wasi, iskay, añas son
s̠ ~ s̺ Department of Junín sh shunqu between son and shave
ʃ Ancash shave
ʃ Cusco chka / sha kachkanki / kashanki, qhichwa
t t tinku, pata, utkhu stop
tʰ th Cusco thamay top
tʼ t' Cusco t'utura, t'uqyay like stunt, but with a restriction of air
ts ts Ancash tsiqtsi, patsa, atska tsunami
tʃ ch chunka, pacha, achka eschew
tʃʰ chh Cusco chhalla child
tʃʼ ch' Cusco ch'aska like eschew, but with a restriction of air
tʂ ćh / tr Department of Junín ćhaki / traki like eschew, but with a retracted tongue
w w wañuy, away, kawsay, alalaw water
ʒ llc killa, kullki, sallka measure
Non-native consonants
b b binsiy, kabra bet
d d dusi, radyu dice
ɡ g gustay, iigus guts
f f familya fern
ʐ rr irriru like pleasure, but with a retracted tongue
Stress
ˈ sometimes ◌́ manam , mamalláy London
Syllable break
. chakra flower /ˈflaʊ.ər/(contrasting with flour /ˈflaʊər/)
Vowels
IPA Orthography Examples English approximation
a a karu, yuraq trap
aː aa qaara similar to father
i i nina lip
iː ii miitu see
uy Ancashc llumtsuy, luychu
eː ay Ancashc tayta say in Northern British English
ɛ i irqi pet
oː aw Ancashc chawpi no in Northern British English
ɔ u Qusqu, urqu similar to off
u u kusi hook
uː uu puukay cool
Reduced vowels
ə uc -kuna comma

Notes

  1. ^ a b In all Chachapoyas Quechua varieties, except the Granada-Olleros one, /ʎ/ is realised as word-initially, but simply as word-internally: killa , kullki .
  2. ^ a b c d e In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, the stops /p, t, k, q/ and the affricate /t͡ʃ/ are spirantised as and at the end of the syllable.
  3. ^ a b c In the Chachapoyas Quechua varieties, the stops /p, t, k/ are voiced after nasals, becoming : shunku .
  4. ^ In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, the lateral approximant /ʎ/ becomes at the end of the syllable.
  5. ^ a b c Syllable-final /n/ is realised as , except before homorganic consonants. Other allophones of /n/ include in front of /k/ and in front of /q/.
  6. ^ In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, /m/ is pronounced as at the end of the syllable. Moreover, in Ayacucho Quechua, syllable-final /m/ turns into whenever it is in front of /m, tʃ, w/*. In the eastern varieties of Ayacucho Quechua, /m/ also turns into only before /p/.
  7. ^ In Ancash Quechua, /q/ is pronounced as in all positions for the Callejón de Huaylas variety, and sometimes it gets spirantised at the end of the syllable. In most other places, it is realised as , keeping its spirantisation process in syllable-final position. The Corongo variety also realises it as syllable-initially.
  8. ^ The way /q/ is realised depends on the variety of Wanka Quechua one speaks. Jauja Quechua usually pronounces it as , except after fricatives, where it normally disappears. In the rest of varieties—such as those of Concepción and Huancayo—/q/ is normally realised as zero at the beginnings of words, and mostly everywhere else, except at the end of syllables, where it turns into compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
  9. ^ a b In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, and to some extent all Southern Quechua varieties, the morpheme -chka- 'progressive' is realised as , to the point that it also gets written ⟨sh⟩. Other than that, the grapheme ⟨sh⟩ has been used to represent Cuzco-Collao's /tʃʰ/, which should not be taken to mean that there is a realisation of */tʃʰ/ as (Cerrón-Palomino 1997). As mentioned in Note 1, syllable-final /tʃ/ also turns into .
  10. ^ In Sihuas (except Sicsibamba) and some districts within Bolognesi, /ts/ is realised as or .
  11. ^ /i/ is realised as in some contexts, especially word-finally.
  12. ^ In Ancash Quechua, the monophthongisation of /uj/ into is very restricted, and only occurs when the segment /y/ belongs to a different morpheme (e.g. -y, -yki, -yku, -ykaa) and is not present in all sub-varieties, such as the Northern Huaylas one. Julca Guerrero (2010) has only found it in two lexemes, the ones presented as examples in this table.
  13. ^ In all Quechua varieties, /i/ is realised as when in direct or indirect contact (with a meddling obstruent) with uvular /q/. The allophone normally occurs in closed syllables, and everywhere else.
  14. ^ In all Quechua varieties, /u/ is realised as when in direct or indirect contact (with a meddling obstruent) with uvular /q/. The allophone normally occurs in closed syllables, and everywhere else.
  15. ^ /u/ is realised as in some contexts, especially word-finally.

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