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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Esperanto pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Esperanto phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Esperanto.
Consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
bela
|
best
|
| t͡s
|
enciklopedio
celo
|
pizza
|
| t͡ʃ
|
ĉar
|
cheese
|
| d
|
devi
|
debt
|
| f
|
fero
|
face
|
| ɡ
|
gumo
|
go
|
| d͡ʒ
|
ĝeni
|
Jane
|
| h
|
havi
|
high
|
| x
|
monaĥo
ĥaoso
|
loch
|
| j
|
jaro
|
you
|
| ʒ
|
heredaĵo
ĵurnalo
|
vision
|
| k
|
kilo
|
keen
|
| l
|
lerni
|
lean
|
| m
|
mapo
|
mother
|
| n
|
nazo
|
need
|
| p
|
perlo
|
pearl
|
| ɾ
|
resti
|
better (General American)
|
| s
|
sekvi
|
sell
|
| ʃ
|
ŝelko
|
shadow
|
| t
|
teritorio
|
territory
|
| v
|
valvo
|
valve
|
| z
|
zinko
|
zinc
|
|
Vowels
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
sana
|
father
|
| e
|
bele
|
bell
|
| i
|
vidi
|
seat
|
| o
|
modo
|
more
|
| u
|
ŝutu
|
shoot
|
Diphthongs
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ai̯
|
pajlo; gaja; veraj
|
bye
|
| au̯
|
daŭri; naŭa; hodiaŭ
|
about
|
| ei̯
|
vejno; lernejo
|
bay
|
| eu̯
|
feŭdo; Eŭropo
|
(no equivalent)
|
| oi̯
|
sojlo; vojo; kukoj
|
boy
|
| ui̯
|
tuj; Francujo; kiuj
|
tui
|
| ou̯
|
poŭpo; toŭfuo
|
oh
|
|
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