Help:IPA/Adyghe

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

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b бэ bat ɕ щы Somewhat like British consume d дэ done dz дзэ goods dzʷ дзу, хьандзу, хьандзуачӏ dʒ джанэ jam f фыжьы fast ɣ гыны Spanish trigo ɡʷ гу Gwen ħ хьэ somewhat like hat j ятӀэ yes kʷ ку quality kʼ шкӏэ like cup but ejective kʷʼ тхьэкӏумэ like quality but ejective l лы Somewhat like luck ɬ лъы Welsh llwyd ɬʼ лӏы like Welsh llwyd but ejective m мазэ man n нэ no p пэ pan pʼ пӏэ like pan but ejective pʷʼ пӏуакӏэ like French point but ejective q къалэ like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق) qʷ къо like quality but further back r ар rolled r ʁ гъэ French rester ʁʷ гъожьэ French roi s сэ sad ʃ шы shell ʃʷ шъо somewhat like French choix ʃʼ пшӏы like shell but ejective ʃʷʼ шӏу somewhat like French choix but ejective ʂ пшъашъэ Somewhat like North American worship t тэ tap tʼ тӏы like tap but ejective tʷʼ тӏу like tweet but ejective ts цы hats tsʷ цуакъэ somewhat like Botswana tsʼ цӏэ like hats but ejective tʃ чэты chat tʃʼ кӏако like chat but ejective tʂ чъыгы somewhat like trust tʂʼ чӏы somewhat like trust but ejective w о war x хы loch (Scottish English) χ хъыен Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche χʷ хъуанэ French trois z зы zoo ʑ жьы Somewhat like British Zeus ʒ жакӏэ vision ʒʷ жъуагъо French joie ʐ жъы Somewhat like North American Persian ʔ ӏэ the catch in uh-oh! ʔʷ ӏо Somewhat like Cockney network Non-native consonants k к, кнопк, ручк cup v в vet

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɜ ӏэ nut aː ар father ɘ зы about