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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tigrinya 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.
The Tigrinya letters (ፊደላት) in the last charts have the consonants in rows and the vowels in columns. Each letter is represented by one consonant (or consonant cluster) and one vowel.
| Vowel Orders | IPA | Transliteration | English Approximation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Order | ɐ | ä | The e in better (sometimes a schwa) |
| Second Order | u | u | The "oo" in foot or soon |
| Third Order | i | i | The "ea" in seat |
| Fourth Order | ä | a | The "o" in cotSAE |
| Fifth Order | e | e | Similar to "a" in Way except with no glide |
| Sixth Order | ɨ | ə | The "e" in Roses (sometimes a schwa) |
| Seventh Order | o | o | The "oa" in Boat |
| IPA | ɐ | u | i | ä | e | ɨ | o | English approximation | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | በ | ቡ | ቢ | ባ | ቤ | ብ | ቦ | Bed | b |
| d | ደ | ዱ | ዲ | ዳ | ዴ | ድ | ዶ | Dad | d |
| d͡ʒ | ጀ | ጁ | ጂ | ጃ | ጄ | ጅ | ጆ | Judge | ǧ, j |
| f | ፈ | ፉ | ፊ | ፋ | ፌ | ፍ | ፎ | Far | f |
| g | ገ | ጉ | ጊ | ጋ | ጌ | ግ | ጎ | Go | g |
| h | ሀ | ሁ | ሂ | ሃ | ሄ | ህ | ሆ | How | h |
| h | ኀ | ኁ | ኂ | ኃ | ኄ | ኅ | ኆ | h, ḫ | |
| ħ | ሐ | ሑ | ሒ | ሓ | ሔ | ሕ | ሖ | h, ḥ | |
| j | የ | ዩ | ዪ | ያ | ዬ | ይ | ዮ | Yes | y |
| k | ከ | ኩ | ኪ | ካ | ኬ | ክ | ኮ | King | k |
| kʼ | ቀ | ቁ | ቂ | ቃ | ቄ | ቅ | ቆ | Ski | ḳ |
| xʼ | ቐ | ቑ | ቒ | ቓ | ቔ | ቕ | ቖ | Kite | ḳh |
| l | ለ | ሉ | ሊ | ላ | ሌ | ል | ሎ | Let | l |
| m | መ | ሙ | ሚ | ማ | ሜ | ም | ሞ | Match | m |
| n | ነ | ኑ | ኒ | ና | ኔ | ን | ኖ | Now | n |
| ɲ | ኘ | ኙ | ኚ | ኛ | ኜ | ኝ | ኞ | Onion | ñ |
| p | ፐ | ፑ | ፒ | ፓ | ፔ | ፕ | ፖ | Pin | p |
| pʼ | ጰ | ጱ | ጲ | ጳ | ጴ | ጵ | ጶ | Upper | p̣ |
| ɾ ~ r | ረ | ሩ | ሪ | ራ | ሬ | ር | ሮ | WaterSAE | r |
| s | ሰ | ሱ | ሲ | ሳ | ሴ | ስ | ሶ | Sight | s |
| s | ሠ | ሡ | ሢ | ሣ | ሤ | ሥ | ሦ | ś | |
| tsʼ | ጸ | ጹ | ጺ | ጻ | ጼ | ጽ | ጾ | Pizza | ṣ |
| tsʼ | ፀ | ፁ | ፂ | ፃ | ፄ | ፅ | ፆ | ṣ́ | |
| ʃ | ሸ | ሹ | ሺ | ሻ | ሼ | ሽ | ሾ | Short | š |
| t | ተ | ቱ | ቲ | ታ | ቴ | ት | ቶ | Talk | t |
| t͡ʃ | ቸ | ቹ | ቺ | ቻ | ቼ | ች | ቾ | Church | č |
| t͡ʃʼ | ጨ | ጩ | ጪ | ጫ | ጬ | ጭ | ጮ | Achoo | č̣ |
| tʼ | ጠ | ጡ | ጢ | ጣ | ጤ | ጥ | ጦ | Stick | ṭ |
| v | ቨ | ቩ | ቪ | ቫ | ቬ | ቭ | ቮ | Vault | v |
| x | ኸ | ኹ | ኺ | ኻ | ኼ | ኽ | ኾ | Scottishloch | x, kh |
| w | ወ | ዉ | ዊ | ዋ | ዌ | ው | ዎ | Walk | w |
| z | ዘ | ዙ | ዚ | ዛ | ዜ | ዝ | ዞ | Zoo | z |
| ʒ | ዠ | ዡ | ዢ | ዣ | ዤ | ዥ | ዦ | Pleasure | ž |
| ʔ | አ | ኡ | ኢ | ኣ | ኤ | እ | ኦ | Uh-oh | ʾ , - |
| ʕ | ዐ | ዑ | ዒ | ዓ | ዔ | ዕ | ዖ | ʿ, ʾ, - |
| IPA | ɐ | i | ä | e | ɨ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gʷ | ጐ | ጒ | ጓ | ጔ | ጕ |
| hʷ | ኈ | ኊ | ኋ | ኌ | ኍ |
| kʷ | ኰ | ኲ | ኳ | ኴ | ኵ |
| xʷ | ዀ | ዂ | ዃ | ዄ | ዅ |
| kʼʷ | ቈ | ቊ | ቋ | ቌ | ቍ |
| xʼʷ | ቘ | ቚ | ቛ | ቜ | ቝ |