Help:IPA/Aymara

The chart below shows the ways in which IPA represents Aymara 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.

Consonants IPA Orthography Examples English approximation h j jakhu, liju house j y yapu, thaya, llaytha yes k k kaliña, nanaka scat kʰ kh khankha cat kʼ k' k'alla like scat, but with a restriction of air l l lanti lamp ʎ ll llika similar to billion; equal to Italian figlio m m maya map n n nayra none ɲ ñ ñik'uta similar to canyon ŋ n p'asanqalla sing p p pisi spat pʰ ph phusu pan pʼ p' p'akita like spat, but with a restriction of air q q qamaqi similar to scud, but deeper in the throat qʰ qh qhatha similar to scud, but deeper in the throat qʼ q' q'api similar to scud, but with a restriction of air ɾ r rumu like atom in American English s s sami son t t tuju stop tʰ th thithita top tʼ t' t'inkha like stunt, but with a restriction of air tʃ ch chillqi eschew tʃʰ chh chhullunkha child tʃʼ ch' ch'iwi like eschew, but with a restriction of air w w wak'inta water χ x phuxtu, thaxa like loch, but further back

Vowels IPA Orthography Examples English approximation a a ayni trap aː ä mä similar to father i ~ ɪ i nina lip iː ï sapakïña see e ~ ɛ i piq'i, sixi pet u ~ ʊ u mullu hook uː ü qharüru cool o ~ ɔ u quqa similar to off

Bibliography

• Hardman, Martha J., Juana Vásquez & Juan de Dios Yapita, with Lucy Therina Briggs, Nora Clearman England & Laura Martin. [1998] 2001. Aymara: compendio de estructura fonológica y gramatical (Biblioteca Lengua y Cultura Andina 4). 2^nd ed. La Paz: Instituto de Lengua y Cultura Aymara (ILCA).

See also

• Category:Pages with Quechua IPA (23)