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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

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

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	bun; bler	bike
d	dent; dubel	done
dʑ^[1]	agid; jet	similiar to the /dʒ/ in jab
f	fitg; flad; clav	fast
ɡ	gat; galant	gas
k	carr; architect; aug; kiosc; quai	scar
l	lavar; milli; val	lip
ʎ	egl; glieud; bigliet	roughly like million
m	milli; um	mother
n	nanin; onns	nest
ŋ	lung; lunga	sing
ɲ	bogn; gnerv	roughly like canyon
p	palpiri; appartament; verb	spin
r^[2]	radical; carr; meglra	roughly like water (American English)
s	vossa; nus	sorry
ʃ	schanza; glisch; puspè; scopo	ship
t	teater; ti; agid	star
ts	cifra; bellezza; zunt	cats
tɕ^[3]	chasa; tge	similiar to the /k/ in key
tʃ	Rumantsch	chip
v	grava; watt	vent
z	casa; rosa	zipper
ʒ	sbagl; Svizra; branscha; Grischun	measure
Semivowels
j	juvel; Italia; yak	you
w	quel; ual; walkman	wine
Marginal consonant
h^[4]	haluncs; hobi	hat
Dialectal consonant
ç^[5]	amih	hue

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	banc; clav	roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ^[6]	casa; mellen	comma or roughly like gut
e	bler; pér	roughly like pay
ɛ	è; pèr	bed
i	ti; istoric	see
o	biro; ovra	roughly like law (British English)
ɔ	pom; toc	not
u^[7]	bun; udir	too
Dialectal vowels^[8]
ø	chaschöl	roughly like hurt
y	tü	roughly like cute (American English)

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Examples	English approximation
ˈ	comba [ˈkɔmbɐ]	bottle
ˌ	libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin]	intonation
.	gïun [dʒi.ˈun]	moai
ː	dar [daːr]	long vowel

Notes

^ Also transcribed as a palatal stop [ɟ] by some Romansh linguists
^ Some speakers from some dialects pronounce [ʁ].
^ Also transcribed as [c] by some Romansh linguists
^ Only found in interjections and loanwards.
^ Only found in some dialects.
^ This pronunciation varies between these two realizations.
^ In some dialects in some cases it's pronounced [o] or [ʊ].
^ These vowels are only found in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German words.

[1] Also transcribed as a palatal stop [ɟ] by some Romansh linguists

[2] Some speakers from some dialects pronounce [ʁ].

[3] Also transcribed as [c] by some Romansh linguists

[4] Only found in interjections and loanwards.

[5] Only found in some dialects.

[6] This pronunciation varies between these two realizations.

[7] In some dialects in some cases it's pronounced [o] or [ʊ].

[8] These vowels are only found in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German words.

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