Help:IPA/Mayan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mayan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This pronunciation guide is based on the phonology of Classic Maya language, and is not valid for many contemporary Mayan languages.

IPA Examples English approximation Consonants ʔ ' the catch in oh-oh; ɓ b' no English equivalent, somewhat like boy t͡ʃ ch child t͡ʃʼ ch' somewhat like child h h he k k skin kʼ k' somewhat like kin l l leave m m man n n noodle p p span pʼ p' somewhat like pan s s sack t t stand tʼ t' somewhat like tan t͡s tz cats t͡sʼ tz' somewhat like cats w w wand ʃ x shoe j y yes

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels a a bra aː aa long a e e met eː ee pay i i city iː ii see o o Somewhat like go oː oo go u u somewhat like good uː uu food Stress ˈ ??? This Orthography & Variant Orthography This One Variant Bakab, Chaahk Bacab, Chaac