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 English approximation β v roughly like vase 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 Andrew ndʒ j, di [ndʒ] inɡenious ŋ g song ŋɡ q finger r r (trilled) s s sister t t stop tʃ j, ti ([tʃi]) church, venture ɰ w roughly like 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 English approximation a a cat aː e e pet eː i i seat iː o o more oː u u coot uː Diphthongs ei ei grey eu eu Spanish Europa ɛi ai between may and my iu iu Brazilian Portuguese Brasil oi oi coy ou ou know ɔu au between know and now