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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,
tja
roughly like RP stew
dob, hétből duck
d͡z̪ madzag, ketrecben lads
d͡ʒ dzsessz, ácsból jug
f fa, szívtam fast
ɡ gép, zsákból go
h hó happy
j jó yes
ɟ gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy roughly like RP due
k kép, fogtam scat
l ló lip
ʎ Lyuk
m ma, színpad man
nem nap
ŋ munka bank
ɲ nyár, pinty canyon
p pipa, dobtam spun
ró, balra trilled r, like in Spanish
szó, méztől sun
ʃ só, rúzstól, község ship
toll, adhat, átnyúl stone
t͡s̪ cél, edzhet cats
t͡ʃ csak, bridzstől, segítség chop
v vág, széfben vat
zöld, mészből zipper
ʒ zseb, hasba rouge
ç Lépj, ihlet
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɒ hat RP hot
äː vár AuE father
æ ez bet
él pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs)[1]
ɪ visz happy
víz knee
o ok hole (GA)
tó north AuE
ø̞ öl Somewhat like nurse
øː lő Somewhat like purr
ʊ ujj put
út school
ʏ üt Somewhat like cute (but without the initial 'y' sound)
tűz Somewhat like cue (but without the initial 'y' sound)
Marginal vowels
ɒː A RP nod
ä kalcium, Svájc AuE but
æː E bad
Stress
ˈ Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

References

  1. ^ Rounds, Carol H. (2009). Hungarian An Essential Grammar. Routledge: Routledge. p. 8. ISBN 978-0415777377.

Bibliography

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