Help:IPA/Fijian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Fijian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

English approximations are, in some cases, very loose and are intended to give only a general idea of the pronunciation.

Consonants IPA Orthography Nearest English equivalent β v von ð c then j y (often silent) yes k k sky l l less m m mum mb b amber n n noon nd d dandy ɳɖ nr in draw ndʒ j, di [ndʒ] inɡenious ŋ g song ŋɡ q finger r r (trilled) s s sis t t stop tʃ j, ti ([tʃi]) church, venture ɰ w water Stress IPA Example Note ˈ siga [ˈsiŋa], cauravou [ðɔuraˈβou] Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the final vowel is short, on the final syllable if it has a long vowel or a diphthong.

Vowels IPA Orthography Nearest English equivalent a a cat aː father e e pet eː plate i i seat iː seed o o old oː more u u coot uː moon Diphthongs ei ei grey eu eu Portuguese seu ɛi ai between may and my iu iu eew! oi oi coy ou ou know ɔu au between know and now