मदद:IPA/Afrikaans

This article used to be a joint pronunciation guide for Afrikaans and Dutch. For the pronunciation guide for the latter language, see Help:IPA/Dutch.

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Afrikaans pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b beet beet d dak den f fiets, ver fast ɦ hoekom behind j jas yard k kat skin l land land m mens man n nek neck ŋ eng long p pen, rib, lip sport r ras rolled r s sak, seep sock ʃ sjabloon, chef shall t tak, hond stop tʃ Tsjechië tjek chat χ generaal, weg loch (Scottish English) v wang velvet ʒ jury vision Marginal consonants ʔ beëindig [bəˈʔəindəχ] the catch in uh-oh! dʒ Jakarta jump ɡ ghries, gholf goal z Zoeloe zoo Stress ˈ vóórkom [ˈfʊərkɔm] voorkóm [ˌfʊərˈkɔm] as in commandeer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/ ˌ

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation Monophthongs (oral) a bad duck ɑː aap father æ vertrek, sel, geld, veld back æː perd, wêreld, bêre jazz ɛ met, wenner, Bester met ɛː nè Modern RP square eː hê No English equivalent, long [[[ en:close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]]; Dutch mee ə vis, hemel, vanaand again əː wîe fur i diep deep iː spieël, bier need ɔ bot thought ɔː môre law œ hut roughly like hug œː rûe u hoed boot uː koeël, moer food y fuut roughly like cute yː muur roughly like cue Monophthongs (nasal) ãː dans No English equivalent, long nasalized [[[ en:open front unrounded vowel|a]]]; Canadian French élan ɛ̃ː mens No English equivalent, long nasalized [[[ en:mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]]; French main ɔ̃ː spons No English equivalent, long nasalized [[[ en:mid back rounded vowel|ɔ]]]; French mon Diphthongs ai baie price ɑːi draai prize əi byt may ɪə beet, esel rhea ɪø neus roughly like nurse iu sneeu free will oːi nooi boys œi buit house (Scottish English) œu jou, dou boat ʊə boot poor

References

• Donaldson, Bruce C. (1993). "1. Pronunciation". A Grammar of Afrikaans. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 1–35. ISBN 978-3-11-0134261. Retrieved 16 April 2017. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Lass, Roger (1987). "Intradiphthongal Dependencies". In Anderson, John; Durand, Jaques (eds.). Explorations in Dependency Phonology. Dordrecht: Foris Publications Holland. pp. 109–131. ISBN 9067652970. Retrieved 16 April 2017. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Wissing, Daan (2016). "Afrikaans phonology – segment inventory". Taalportaal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)