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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Kazakh
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)  represents Kazakh language  pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA  and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
IPA 
Cyrillic
 
Latin
 
Arabic
 
English approximation
  
Consonants 
 
b б
 
b
 
ب
 
ab ove
  
β somewhat like lav a, but without the lips touching the teeth
  
ɕ ш, щ
 
ş, şş
 
⟨ش⟩ , ⟨شش⟩ ,
sh eep
 
d д
 
d
 
د
 
d ice
 
f ф
 
f
 
ف
 
f at
 
ɡ г
 
g
 
گ
 
ag ree
  
h [ a] һ
 
h
 
ھ
 
h at
 
j й
 
i
 
ي
 
y ard, boy 
 
k к
 
k
 
ك
 
sk ate
  
l л
 
l
 
ل
 
l ie
 
m м
 
m
 
م
 
m oon
 
n н
 
n
 
ن
 
n o
 
ɴ ң
 
ñ
 
ڭ
 
somewhat like bong , but further back in the mouth
  
ŋ sing 
  
p п
 
p
 
پ
 
sp are
  
q қ
 
q
 
ق
 
somewhat like sk a, but further back in the mouth
  
ɾ р
 
r
 
ر
 
GA  at om
 
ʁ ғ
 
ğ
 
ع
 
French  r ouge 
s с
 
s
 
س
 
s ick
 
t т
 
t
 
ت
 
st ick
  
ts [ a] ц
 
ts
 
تس
 
cats 
  
tɕ [ a] ч
 
tş
 
چ
 
ch eat
 
v [ a] в
 
v
 
ۆ
 
v ase
 
ɣ г
 
g
 
گ
 
g o but without completely blocking airflow on the g 
 
w у
 
u
 
ۋ
 
w ater, low 
 
χ [ b] х
 
h
 
ح
 
Scottish  loch  
 
z з
 
z
 
ز
 
z one
 
ʑ [ c] ж
 
j
 
ج
 
pleas ure
  
 
IPA 
Cyrillic
 
Latin
 
Arabic
 
English approximation
  
Vowels 
 
ɑ a
 
a
 
ا
 
fa ther
  
æ ә
 
ä
 
ٵ
 
ca t
  
e е, э
 
e
 
ە
 
be d
  
ə ы
 
y
 
ى
 
a bout
 
əj и
 
i
 
ٸ
 
somewhat like pri ce
  
jɪ е, э
 
e
 
ە
 
ye ll
 
ɪ і
 
ı
 
ٸ
 
ki t
  
o о
 
o
 
و
 
sto ry
  
ø ө
 
ö
 
ٶ
 
nu rse
  
ʊ ұ
 
ū
 
ۇ
 
woo d
  
ʏ ү
 
ü
 
ٷ
 
somewhat like cu te
  
  
^ a b c d   Only in loanwords 
^ Allophone of /q/  
^ Sometimes /dʒ/ , especially for speakers of Southern dialects 
  
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