Help:IPA/Occitan

This article used to be a joint pronunciation guide for Occitan and Catalan. For the pronunciation guide for the latter language, see Help:IPA/Catalan.

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Occitan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Unless otherwise noted, examples are in Languedocien.

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b blau, vent blunt β gravilh, raba between baby and bevy d domeni, mandra doom dz dotzen, (Auvergnat, Limousin) messatge lads dʒ messatge magic ð unida that f fàcia frank ɡ gròs, bilingüe gallon ɣ agradar, liguèron between gold and ahold k caissa, long scanner l lièch long ʎ familha bullion m mascle moment n natura, colomb need ŋ sang, banquièr lung ɲ montanha canyon p pichon lisp r córrer, rascanhós trilled r ɾ córrer, malaürós ladder (AmE) s solelh, amistós, esboçar soldier t temps, sard still ts trobairitz, (Auvergnat, Limousin) nuechòla boots tʃ nuechòla chocolate z utilizar, esboçar zebra Local consonants h (Gascon) hemna high ʀ (Provençal) Arle French Arles ʃ (Auvergnat) servici, (Gascon) Foish shoe v (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) vent valid ʒ (Gascon) joença, (Provençal) age measure

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation a quatre, ànec, camaièu luck e fetge, embestiar say ɛ mètge sect i vitz, Loís cease ɔ escòla, doás off u Tolosa, soi, valorós soup y luna French rue, German Blüte Local vowels o (Limousin) còsta sport (RP) œ (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) fuelha blur [[diphthong|wɔ]] (Auvergnat) pòrta, (Provençal) bòna war   Semivowels IPA Examples English approximation j jòia, fièira, embestiar, luòc yes w clau, plòure, oèst, qüadragenari, (Gascon) cuu swallow ɥ uèlh, ambigüitat, (Auvergnat) ajuidar between yet and wet; French nuit   Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation ˈ plaça [ˈplasɔ] primary stress ˌ vertadièrament [beɾtaˌðjɛɾɔˈmen] secondary stress . via [ˈbi.ɔ] syllable break ː (Limousin) chastanhas [tsaːˈtaɲaː] long vowel or geminated consonant

References

• Balaguer, Claudi; Pojada, Patrici. Diccionari Català – Occità / Occitan – Catalan (in Catalan and Occitan).
• Lavalade, Yves. Dictionnaire Occitan – Français (in French and Occitan).
• Fettuciari, Jòrgi; Martin, Guiu; Pietri, Jaume. Diccionari Provençau – Francés (in Occitan and French).
• Omelhièr, Cristian. Petiòt diccionari Occitan d'Auvèrnhe – Francés (in Occitan and French).
• "CORRESPONDÉNCIAS FONETICAS" [Phonetic correspondences]. MonOccitània (in Occitan).