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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
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| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
bun; bler
|
bike
|
| d
|
dent; dubel
|
done
|
| dʑ[1]
|
agid; jet
|
similar to the /dʒ/ in jab
|
| f
|
fitg; flad; clav
|
fast
|
| ɡ
|
gat; galant
|
gas
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| 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
|
similar 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)
|
|
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| Suprasegmentals
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ˈ
|
comba [ˈkɔmbɐ]
|
bottle
|
| ˌ
|
libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin]
|
intonation
|
| .
|
gïun [dʒi.ˈun]
|
moai
|
| ː
|
dar [daːr]
|
long vowel
|
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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.
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