The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) represents Walloon language pronunciation in Wikipedia articles.[1] For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-wa}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
bén
|
beau
|
| ç
|
|
hue
|
| d
|
deût
|
do
|
| dʒ
|
moes d' djanvî
|
jeep
|
| f
|
foû
|
festival
|
| ɡ
|
gueuye
|
gain
|
| k
|
stoumak, cwand
|
sky
|
| l
|
lére
|
loo
|
| m
|
monde
|
moo
|
| n
|
nawe
|
no
|
| ɲ
|
dignité
|
roughly like canyon
|
| p
|
aprinde
|
spy
|
| ʀ
|
arester
|
No English equivalent
|
| s
|
sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu
|
sing
|
| ʃ
|
chal, schåvler
|
shelf
|
| t
|
tins
|
stop
|
| tʃ
|
tchestea
|
chip
|
| v
|
vint
|
love
|
| χ
|
|
no English equivalent; similar to Scottish loch or German Bach but further back
|
| z
|
zûner
|
zoo
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
yebe
|
yes
|
| w
|
walon
|
wind
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
gade
|
between pat and bra
|
| aː
|
diâle
|
between pat and bra
|
| ɑː
|
djåzer
|
spa
|
| ɑ̃
|
blanc
|
roughly like on (American English)
|
| e
|
bén
|
like hey without the glide
|
| ɛ
|
efant
|
bet
|
| ɛ̃
|
tchén, rinde
|
roughly like man (RP)
|
| i
|
pitit
|
kit
|
| iː
|
pî
|
see
|
| oː
|
rôze
|
open
|
| ɔ
|
soris
|
off
|
| ɔ̃
|
djondou
|
roughly like bone (American English)
|
| ø
|
djeu
|
roughly like bird
|
| œ̃
|
djun
|
roughly like bun
|
| uː
|
noû
|
coot
|
| ʊ
|
atouwer
|
book
|
| y
|
pus
|
no English equivalent; French rue; rounded see
|
| yː
|
ût
|
as above, but longer
|
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Notes
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