Help:IPA/Uzbek

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

See Uzbek phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Uzbek.

Consonants IPA Orthography Cyrillic Arabic Approximation b b б ب boat d̪ d д د width f ɸ ф ف roughly like fish, but only with lips; similar to Japanese Fukushima ɡ g г گ go h h ҳ ھ/ح hat dʒ, ʒ j ж ژ/ج yacht k k к ك skip l l л ل lamb m m м م mail n n н ن new p p п پ spin l l л ل lamb q q қ ق like quote but farther back r r р ر reign but trilled; like Spanish perro s s с س saw t̪ t т ت waste but with tongue touching the upper teeth v, w v в ۋ value, wealth x x х خ Scottish English loch j y й ي yes z z з ز zebra ʁ g‘ ғ غ like French Paris ʃ sh ш ش ship tʃ ch ч چ check ŋ ng нг ڭ song ʔ ʼ ъ ء/ئ uh-oh Vowels IPA Orthography Cyrillic Arabic Approximation a, æ a а ە bat e e э, е ې between sell and knit i, ɪ~ɨ i и ى beet but shorter; roses ɒ, o o о و/ا RP hot; gold but shorter u, ʉ u у ۇ moon but shorter; Australian and New Zealand English choose o, ɵ o‘ ў و like South African, Australian and New Zealand English yawn but shorter; New Zealand English bird

Notes

• Letters g and k become palatalized (/gʲ/ and /kʲ/ respectively) before the vowels u and a.
• Letters b, v, g, d, z become devoiced when they're the final letters of words.
• t becomes silent if it appears right after another consonant.
• /ʒ/ (for "j") and /o/ (for "o") are only found in Russian loanwords.