Help:IPA/Mayan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mayan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-myn}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

IPA Examples English approximation Consonants ʔ k'in, Ch'ol the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop ɓ K'axob, Xibalba no English equivalent, somewhat like boy tʃ ch child tʃʼ ch' somewhat like child h jelik, Q'umarkaj he x j loch k k skin kʼ k' somewhat like kin l l leave m m man n n noodle ŋ nh sing p p span pʼ p' somewhat like pan q q no English equivalent, somewhat like cut qʼ q' as above, but ejective ɾ Xcaret better s s sack t t stand tʼ t' somewhat like tan tʲ ty no English equivalent, somewhat like Christian tʲʼ ty' as above, but ejective ts tz cats tsʼ tz' somewhat like cats w w wand ʃ Xunantunich, yaax shoe j y yes

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels a kax, Tabscoob tar aː naach blah e e met eː ee pay ə k'än somewhat like sofa əː määchäl somewhat like British herb i i city iː ahiin see o pol somewhat like coat oː oo go u u somewhat like good uː uu food Stress ˈ Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab] This Orthography & Variant Orthography This One Variant Bakab, Chaahk Bacab, Chaac