Help:IPA/Hungarian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hungarian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-hu}}, {{IPAc-hu}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Hungarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hungarian.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b bot, képzés boat c tyúk, ágytól, látja, átnyúlik roughly like stew d dob, hétből duck d͡z madzag, ketrecben lads d͡ʒ dzsessz, ácsból jug f fa, szívtam fast ɡ gép, zsákból go h hó happy j jó, lyuk yes ɟ gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy roughly like RP due k kép, fogtam scat l ló lip m ma, színpad man n nem nap ŋ munka bank ɲ nyár, pinty canyon p pipa, dobtam spun r ró, balra rolled r s szó, méztől sun ʃ só, rúzstól, község ship t toll, adhat stone t͡s cél, edzhet cats t͡ʃ csak, bridzstől, segítség chop v vág, széfben vat z zöld, mészből zipper ʒ zseb, hasba rouge

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɒ hat RP hot aː vár AuE father ɛ ez bet eː él pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs) i visz happy iː víz knee o ok hole (GA) oː tó north AuE ø öl Somewhat like nurse, but the vowel is more front and with rounded lips øː lő Somewhat like purr, but the vowel is longer, more front and with rounded lips u ujj put uː út school y üt RP cute, but the vowel is more front (and without the initial 'y' sound) yː tűz RP cute, but the vowel is longer and more front (and without the initial 'y' sound) Marginal vowels ɒː A RP nod a kalcium, Svájc AuE but ɛː E bad Stress ˈ Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

Sound changes

Intercluster elision

• /d/ and /t/ in the middle of clusters of three or more consonants may be omitted, depending on speed and articulation of speech.

Bibliography

• Szende, Tamás (1994), "Illustrations of the IPA: Hungarian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 24 (2): 91–94, doi:10.1017/s0025100300005090