The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Corsican phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Corsican.
Consonants
IPA Examples
English approximation
b b abb u; p orta; v aib ike
c chj osu; machj aRP T uesday
d d ormi; t ettud one
dz z itellu; pranz udads
dʒ gi oia; piac ej ab
ð [1] d onna; strad ath is
f f ora; goff uf ast
ɡ [2] g attu; butteg a; ringh era; foc ug as
ɟ [3] ghj ornu; oghj eRP d ue
k c orsu; bocc a; ch i; q uale; k iwisc ar
l [4] l atru; ell ul ip
ʎ famigli a; agli u
roughly like milli on
m m ele; m ama a; cam pu [5] m other
n n eve; cenn un est
ŋ cin que; rin ghera[5]
sing
ɲ bisogn u; castagn u
roughly like cany on
p p esciu; p orgu; casp asp in
r r asoghju; ferr u; per siTrilled r , Spanish: perr o
s [6] s eccu; s trada; quess us orry
ʃ sc effu; pesci ush ip
t t utt u; att ent ust ar
ts z appatu; lazz acats
tʃ c ecu; c ich ip
v serv ici; av iò: f rittu; w att
v ent
z cas a
z ipper
ʒ sgi ò; brusg erameas ure
Semivowels
j pi ù; mei u, gabbi a; Ai acciu; y acht
y ou
w qu ale; gu erra; nev e; b asta; w eek-end
w ine
Vowels
IPA Examples
English approximation
a [7] a rma ; serà roughly like fa ther
e [8] e le ttu; me iuroughly like pa y
ɛ [8] è pica; te rrabe d
i i ; mì see
o o ra; giò vaniroughly like law (British English)
ɔ aviò
no t
u u ; più too
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples
English approximation
ˈ làm pana [ˈlampana] bo ttle
ˌ pru piamen te [ˌprupjaˈmente] in tona tion
. via [ˈwi.a]
moai
Notes
^ In some dialects, omitted or pronounced [r ] . ^ Sometimes omitted between vowels. ^ Sometimes pronounced [j ] . ^ In some dialects, pronounced [r ] . ^ a b Nasal consonants always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, the n in /nɡ/, /nk/ is velar [ŋ ] , but before /v/ or /f/ , it is labiodental [ɱ ] (transcribed here as [m ] ). It is [m ] is only before /p/ or /b/ .^ In some dialects, pronounced [ʃ ] before [t ] . ^ In some dialects, pronounced [æ ] . ^ a b In some dialect, pronounced [æ ] or [a ] .
