Help:IPA/Bulgarian

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Bulgarian on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Bulgarian 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.

Shortcut

H:IPA-BG

Contents

Help:IPA/Bulgarian

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

See also[edit]

Consonants
IPA	Letters	Examples	English approximation
b	б	баба	box
c	к	кюфте^[1]	cute
d	д	дом	dust
d͡z	дз	дзифт	birds
d͡ʒ	дж	джем	jab
f	ф	филм	fact
ɡ	г	гарван	good
ɟ	г	гяур^[1]	argue
j	й, ь	сойка	yes
k	к	къща	skill
l	л	лимон	leap
ɫ		лош	all
ʎ		любов	million
m	м	море	mocha
n	н	нос	north
ɲ	н	баня	canyon
p	п	пет	speak
r	р	работа	trilled r, like in Spanish
s	с	стол	salt, mask
ʃ	ш	шума	sugar
t	т	тайна	style
t͡s	ц	цар	bats
t͡ʃ	ч	чай	cheese
v	в	вода	view
w	у, л	уиски, лош (colloquial)	water
x	х	хартия	loch (Scottish English)
z	з	зима	zoo
ʒ	ж	жълт	pleasure

Marginal consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
ɣ	видях го	between goandahold
ç	Хюз	huge
ŋ	банка	sing

Vowels
IPA	Letters	Examples	English approximation
a	а	брат	father
ɤ	ъ	кът	plus
ɛ	е	цена	edge
i	и	сив	police
ɔ	о	слон	off
u	у	хубав	pool

Reduced vowels
IPA	Letters	Examples	English approximation
ɐ	а, ъ	щерка, камък	sofa
o	о, у	нещо, уста	thought (RP), coat (Scottish English)