Help:IPA/Venetian

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

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b barba; sbaro bike d dove; idra done dz ~ ð ~ z zaino; żenòcio; franża; fredha; ordho; đanđivi; lapiđea dads, this, zipper dʒ gèmo; giara; ġarón; ġen jab f finco; fìnferli; rufa fast ɡ gato; figo; ghìngari; rughe gas h ahari; hémena hat k coa; checa; tenca; karèga; quacio scar l làrese; molton; stèla lip l ~ ɰ ~ Ø łate; goła toll m mare; rema mother n nasion; ànara nest ŋ ladiṅ; piroṅ; óngara; venco; canpo sing ɲ cugnà; gnaro; ñel; ñaña roughly like canyon p popà; despèrdere spin r rosto; vara roughly like water (American English) s soto; baston; strassa sorry t talpa; butiro; gat star ts ~ θ ~ s zata; marz; nòzze; çanpedon; petaça; cazhòt; zhèrzha cats, thing, sorry tʃ cèrega; ciaro; moc'; ċave chip v vaca; ava vent z àseno; sbaro; ṡio; onṡo; xe; piaxe zipper

Semivowels j jèri; ajo; lezièr; yacht you w suòr; aqua; web wine Marginal consonants ʎ artiglièr, batàglia roughly like million ʃ šchena; mešedà ship ʒ žal; ruža measure Vowels IPA Examples English approximation a aqua; man roughly like father e feta; paré roughly like pay ɛ ghènga; perèr bed i fio; intrada see o bote; bogó roughly like law (British English) ɔ fiòco; pòro not u duto; dudolèr too Suprasegmentals IPA Examples English approximation ˈ ponàro [poˈnaro] bottle ˌ liberamente [ˌliberaˈmente] intonation . fio [ˈfi.o] moai