The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-rm}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
Consonants
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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b
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bun; bler
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bike
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d
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dent; dubel
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done
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dʑ[1]
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agid; jet
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similar to the /dʒ/ in jab
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f
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fitg; flad; clav
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fast
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ɡ
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gat; galant
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gas
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k
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carr; architect; aug; kiosc; quai
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scar
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l
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lavar; milli; val
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lip
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ʎ
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egl; glieud; bigliet
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roughly like million
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m
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milli; um
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mother
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n
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nanin; onns
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nest
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ŋ
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lung; lunga
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sing
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ɲ
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bogn; gnerv
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roughly like canyon
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p
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palpiri; appartament; verb
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spin
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r[2]
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radical; carr; meglra
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roughly like water (American English)
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s
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vossa; nus
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sorry
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ʃ
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schanza; glisch; puspè; scopo
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ship
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t
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teater; ti; agid
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star
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ts
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cifra; bellezza; zunt
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cats
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tɕ[3]
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chasa; tge
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similar to the /k/ in key
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tʃ
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Rumantsch
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chip
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v
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grava; watt
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vent
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z
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casa; rosa
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zipper
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ʒ
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sbagl; Svizra; branscha; Grischun
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measure
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Semivowels
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j
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juvel; Italia; yak
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you
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w
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quel; ual; walkman
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wine
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Marginal consonant
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h[4]
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haluncs; hobi
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hat
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Dialectal consonant
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ç[5]
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amih
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hue
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Vowels
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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a
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banc; clav
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roughly like father
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ə ~ ɐ[6]
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casa; mellen
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comma or roughly like gut
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e
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bler; pér
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roughly like pay
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ɛ
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è; pèr
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bed
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i
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ti; istoric
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see
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o
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biro; ovra
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roughly like law (British English)
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ɔ
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pom; toc
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off
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u[7]
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bun; udir
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too
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Dialectal vowels[8]
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ø
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chaschöl
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roughly like hurt
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y
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tü
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roughly like cute (American English)
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Suprasegmentals
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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ˈ
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comba [ˈkɔmbɐ]
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bottle
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ˌ
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libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin]
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intonation
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.
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gïun [dʒi.ˈun]
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moai
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ː
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dar [daːr]
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long vowel
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Notes
- ^ Also transcribed as [ɟ] by some linguists.
- ^ Some dialects pronounce [ʁ].
- ^ Also transcribed as [c] by some linguists.
- ^ Only in interjections and loanwards.
- ^ Only in some dialects.
- ^ This pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
- ^ Some dialects pronounce it as [o] or [ʊ].
- ^ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German words.
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