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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kbb2 (talk | contribs) at 23:13, 18 July 2018 (this is a much better approximation - "off" has /ɔ/ ([ɔ ~ ɒ]) in the US and /ɒ/ ([ɒ ~ ɔ]) in RP and a very similar vowel in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Corsican phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Corsican.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b babbu; porta; vai bike
c chjosu; machja RP Tuesday
d dormi; tettu done
dz zitellu; pranzu dads
gioia; piace jab
ɖ eddu; coraddu; stadda dine (Indian English)
ð[1] donna; strada this
f fora; goffu fast
ɡ[2] gattu; buttega; ringhera; focu gas
ɟ[3] ghjornu; oghje RP due
k corsu; bocca; chi; quale; kiwi scar
l[4] latru; ellu lip
ʎ famiglia; agliu roughly like million
m mele; mamaa; campu [5] mother
n neve; cennu nest
ŋ cinque; ringhera[5] sing
ɲ bisognu; castagnu roughly like canyon
p pesciu; porgu; caspa spin
r rasoghju; ferru; persi Trilled r, Spanish: perro
s[6] seccu; strada; quessu sorry
ʃ sceffu; pesciu ship
t tuttu; attentu star
ts zappatu; lazza cats
cecu; ci chip
v servici; aviò: frittu; watt vent
z casa zipper
ʒ sgiò; brusgera measure
Semivowels
j più; meiu, gabbia; Aiacciu; yacht you
w quale; guerra; neve; basta; week-end wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a[7] arma; serà roughly like father
e[8] elettu; meiu roughly like pay
ɛ[8] èpica; terra bed
i i; mì see
o ora; giòvani roughly like law (British English)
ɔ aviò off
u u; più too
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English approximation
ˈ làmpana [ˈlampana] bottle
ˌ prupiamente [ˌprupjaˈmente] intonation
. via [ˈwi.a] moai

Notes

  1. ^ In some dialects, omitted or pronounced [r].
  2. ^ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
  3. ^ Sometimes pronounced [j].
  4. ^ In some dialects, pronounced [r].
  5. ^ a b Nasal consonants always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, the n in /nɡ/, /nk/ is velar [ŋ], but before /v/ or /f/, it is labiodental [ɱ] (transcribed here as [m]). It is [m] is only before /p/ or /b/.
  6. ^ In some dialects, pronounced [ʃ] before [t].
  7. ^ In some dialects, pronounced [æ].
  8. ^ a b In some dialect, pronounced [æ] or [a].