Help:IPA/Tuvan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Tuvan 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.

See Tuvan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Tuvan, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.

IPA Cyrillic Latin Example English approximation Consonants f ф f фасоль fat j й i ийи yes g г g мөңге get ɣ идегел, изиг Scouse grass ɢ болгаш Australian gaudy ʁ багай, балыг Northumbrian red k к k кежээ skip q кара Multicultural London scuttle l л l идегел like ɫ авырал goal m м m амы make n н b анаа no ŋ ң ñ аң song ɴ аңгы song (deeper in the throat) b б b бөмбүк bin p б, п b, p боо, апаар spin pʰ п p пага pin ɾ р r арат American atom z з z онза zoo ʒ ж j бежен vision s с s сес say ʃ ш ş шаг shark ɕː щ şç борщ sheep dʒ ч ç кончуг, өлчей jump d д d өөредир dart t д, т d, t даарта start tʰ т t тынар top tʃ ч ç чаа cheat ts ц c цунами cats ʋ в v Тыва between vine and wine w хову wine x х h хем Scottish loch χ хан Scottish loch (deeper in the throat)

IPA Cyrillic Latin Example English approximation Vowels ɐ а a анаа cut ɐː аа aa анаа father e э e бе bed eː ээ ee ээжек Indic day ɪ и i бичии kit iː ии ii бичии heel o о o ол story oː оо oo оол Indic goat ø ө ö өң New Zealand and South African bird (short) øː өө öö өөредир New Zealand and South African bird (long) ʊ у u удуур pull uː уу uu удуур choose ʏ ү ü үст West Country foot yː үү üü бүүрек Scouse few ɤ ы y ыт South African foot (short) ɤː ыы yy ыыт South African foot (long) Suprasegmentals IPA Examples Explanation ◌̀ алды [ɐ̀ɫdɤ] low pitch ◌̰ аът [ɐ̰t̚], алды [ɐ̰ɫdɤ] creaky voice ◌̌ аът [ɐ̌t̚] low-to-mid rising