Help:IPA/Old English
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The tables below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Old English pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of English spoken in medieval England. It is different from Early Modern English, the language of Shakespeare and the King James Bible.
See Old English phonology for more detail on the sounds of Old English.
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e f ⟨ċ ġ ċġ sċ⟩ represent the sounds /tʃ dʒ j ʃ/, which developed from /k g ɣ sk/ by palatalization in Anglo-Frisian. Some texts mark palatalized sounds with a dot above the letter. Palatalization of /k g/ often occurs before front vowels ⟨i e æ⟩, but is not completely predictable because of vowel changes. Palatalization of /sk/ is more common.
- ^ a b c d e f ⟨s f ð þ⟩ represented voiceless fricatives /s f θ/ in most cases, but voiced fricatives /z v ð/ when single between voiced sounds.
- ^ a b The diphthongs ⟨ie īe⟩ occurred in West Saxon. They may have been pronounced /ie iːe/ or /iy iːy/.