 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Australian languages on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Australian languages in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of most Australian Aboriginal languages in Wikipedia articles. Only a few languages on the continent have sounds not in the tables below. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|
| b̥, b | spy, by[1] |
| d̥, d | stool, do[1][2] |
| d̪̥, d̪ | width[1][2] |
| ɖ̥, ɖ | strudle, drew[1][3] |
| ɡ̊, ɡ | sky, guy[1] |
| ɟ̊, ɟ | skew, argue[1][4] |
| j | yes |
| l[2] | lose |
| l̪[2] | wealth |
| ɭ | heirloom[3] |
| ʎ | million, (UK) lewd[4] |
| m | mother |
| n[2] | noose |
| n̪[2] | tenth |
| ɳ | Arnold[3] |
| ɲ | canyon, (UK) new[4] |
| ŋ | sing |
| r | Spanish Río |
| ɾ | atom (US) |
| ɹ | red |
| ɽ | barter (US)[3] |
| ɻ | red (some Irish or West Country dialects; pronounced with rounded lips) |
| w | water |
| IPA | English approximation |
|---|---|
| a | father |
| e | bade[5] |
| ə | sofa |
| i, ɪ | see, sit[5] |
| o | bore[5] |
| u, ʊ | food, foot[5] |
| ː | (long vowel); influence (short) vs. food (long) |
