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					This is the pronunciation key  for IPA  transcriptions of Inuktitut on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Inuktitut in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing 
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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Inuktitut
The charts below show the way in which the IPA  represents Inuktitut  pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.[ 1] Template:IPA  and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See Inuit phonology  for a more thorough look at the sounds of Inuktitut and other Inuit languages.
IPA Syllabics Examples 
English approximation
  
Consonants 
 
 
+ a  
+ aː  
+ i  
+ iː  
+ u  
+ uː  
final 
  
h 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ᐦ
 
u.qa.uh .iː.ti.ɣut
 
h at
 
p ᐸ
 
ᐹ
 
ᐱ
 
ᐲ
 
ᐳ
 
ᐴ
 
ᑉ
 
taq.sa.liq.p aːq.tut
 
p ig
 
t ᑕ
 
ᑖ
 
ᑎ
 
ᑏ
 
ᑐ
 
ᑑ
 
ᑦ
 
i.nuk.t i.t ut 
 
t iger
 
k ᑲ
 
ᑳ
 
ᑭ
 
ᑮ
 
ᑯ
 
ᑰ
 
ᒃ
 
u.k a.li.ma.juq
 
k id
 
ɣ ᒐ
 
ᒑ
 
ᒋ
 
ᒌ
 
ᒍ
 
ᒎ
 
ᒡ
 
u.qau.miŋ.ɣ it
 
Spanish  trig o
 
m ᒪ
 
ᒫ
 
ᒥ
 
ᒦ
 
ᒧ
 
ᒨ
 
ᒻ
 
am .ma
 
m an
 
n ᓇ
 
ᓈ
 
ᓂ
 
ᓃ
 
ᓄ
 
ᓅ
 
ᓐ
 
a.n aː.na
 
n ow
 
s ᓴ
 
ᓵ
 
ᓯ
 
ᓰ
 
ᓱ
 
ᓲ
 
ᔅ
 
s u.qu.s iq.paː
s it
 
l ᓚ
 
ᓛ
 
ᓕ
 
ᓖ
 
ᓗ
 
ᓘ
 
ᓪ
 
i.l i
 
l ike
 
j ᔭ
 
ᔮ
 
ᔨ
 
ᔩ
 
ᔪ
 
ᔫ
 
ᔾ
 
u.qau.si.ʁi.j au.j uq
 
y ou
 
v ᕙ
 
ᕚ
 
ᕕ
 
ᕖ
 
ᕗ
 
ᕘ
 
ᕝ
 
iv .v il.li
 
v ery
 
ʁ ᕋ
 
ᕌ
 
ᕆ
 
ᕇ
 
ᕈ
 
ᕉ
 
ᕐ
 
ti.ti.ʁ au.siq
 
French  r ester 
q ᖃ
 
ᖄ
 
ᕿ
 
ᖀ
 
ᖁ
 
ᖂ
 
ᖅ
 
aq .q a
 
sc ar, but further back from throat;  Semitic  Qāf 
  
ŋ ᖓ
 
ᖔ
 
ᖏ
 
ᖐ
 
ᖑ
 
ᖒ
 
ᖕ
 
u.ju.ŋ a
 
sing 
  
(geminated )  ŋː ᙵ
 
ᙶ
 
ᙱ
 
ᙲ
 
ᙳ
 
ᙴ
 
ᖖ
 
tu.ŋː a.su.ɣit
 
sing , but longer .
  
ɬ ᖤ
 
ᖥ
 
ᖠ
 
ᖡ
 
ᖢ
 
ᖣ
 
ᖦ
 
mi.lik.ɬ u.ɣit
 
Welsh : ll wyd 
 
IPA 
Syllabic 
Examples 
English approximation
  
Vowels 
 
a ᐊ
 
a q.qa 
between ca t and  bra  (short)
  
aː ᐋ
 
a.taː .tan
 
between ca t and  bra  (long)
  
i ᐃ
 
i .nuk.ti .tut
see  (short)
  
iː ᐄ
 
u.qa.ti.si.liː t
 
see  (long)
  
u ᐅ
 
i.nu .it
 
coo l (short)
  
uː ᐆ
 
i.nuk.ti.tuː .suː .ŋu.vit
 
coo l (long)
  
Syllables 
 
. Syllables are between dots. They can be: C V C , C V  or V .
  
  
^ Inuktitut language.  (2012). Omniglot. Retrieved September 14, 2012, from link   
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