Help:IPA/Nepali

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

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

Key

Consonants IPA Nepali Approximate English equivalent b ब back bʱ भ abhor d ड the dʱ ढ without ɖ द guard ɖʱ ध guardhouse dz ज adds dzʱ झ No English equivalant, similar to zebra ɡ ग agate ɡʱ घ pigheaded ɦ ह head k क scan kʰ ख can l ल leaf m म much n न not ŋ ङ sing ɲ ञ champagne ɳ ण No English equivalent, similar to nun p प span pʰ फ naphtha r र right but trilled ɽ ऋ US: larder s ष, श, स sue ʃ श shoe ts च cats tsʰ छ No English equivalent, similar to saw t त, त्र think tʰ थ thought ʈ ट tap ʈʰ ठ artist w व why j य, ज्ञ, क्ष yes

Vowels IPA Nepali Approximate English equivalent a अ hat ã आ hat but nasalised ʌ अः Strut ʌ̃ अं Strut but nasalised e ए may ẽ ऐ may but nasalised i इ happy ĩ ई happy but nasalised o ओ sole õ औ sole but nasalised u उ boot ũ ऊ boot but nasalised

Bibliography

• Masica, Colin (1991), The Indo-Aryan Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-29944-2.
• Hutt, Michael; Subedi, Abhi (1999), Teach Yourself Nepali (2003 ed.), McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-142468-4.
• Acharya, Jayaraj (1991), A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus, Georgetown University Press, ISBN 0878400737