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 audio speaker iconбэ bat
ɕ audio speaker iconщы Somewhat like British consume
d audio speaker iconдэ done
dz audio speaker iconдзэ goods
dzʷ audio speaker iconдзу, хьандзу, хьандзуачӏ
audio speaker iconджанэ jam
f audio speaker iconфыжьы fast
ɣ audio speaker iconгыны Spanish trigo
ɡʷ audio speaker iconгу Gwen
ħ audio speaker iconхьэ somewhat like hat
j audio speaker iconятӀэ yes
audio speaker iconку quality
audio speaker iconшкӏэ like cup but ejective [1]
kʷʼ audio speaker iconтхьэкӏумэ like quality but ejective [1]
l audio speaker iconлы Somewhat like luck
ɬ audio speaker iconлъы Welsh llwyd
ɬʼ audio speaker iconлӏы like Welsh llwyd but ejective [1]
m audio speaker iconмазэ man
n audio speaker iconнэ no
p audio speaker iconпэ pan
audio speaker iconпӏэ like pan but ejective [1]
pʷʼ audio speaker iconпӏуакӏэ like French point but ejective [1]
q audio speaker iconкъалэ like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق)
audio speaker iconкъо like quality but further back
r audio speaker iconар rolled r
ʁ audio speaker iconгъэ French rester
ʁʷ audio speaker iconгъожьэ French roi
s audio speaker iconсэ sad
ʃ audio speaker iconшы shell
ʃʷ audio speaker iconшъо somewhat like French choix
ʃʼ audio speaker iconпшӏы like shell but ejective [1]
ʃʷʼ audio speaker iconшӏу somewhat like French choix but ejective [1]
ʂ audio speaker iconпшъашъэ Somewhat like North American worship
t audio speaker iconтэ tap
audio speaker iconтӏы like tap but ejective [1]
tʷʼ audio speaker iconтӏу like tweet but ejective [1]
ts audio speaker iconцы hats
tsʷ audio speaker iconцуакъэ somewhat like Botswana
tsʼ audio speaker iconцӏэ like hats but ejective [1]
audio speaker iconчэты chat
tʃʼ audio speaker iconкӏако like chat but ejective [1]
audio speaker iconчъыгы somewhat like trust
tʂʼ audio speaker iconчӏы somewhat like trust but ejective [1]
w audio speaker iconо war
x audio speaker iconхы loch (Scottish English)
χ audio speaker iconхъыен Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche
χʷ audio speaker iconхъуанэ French trois
z audio speaker iconзы zoo
ʑ audio speaker iconжьы Somewhat like British Zeus
ʒ audio speaker iconжакӏэ vision
ʒʷ audio speaker iconжъуагъо French joie
ʐ audio speaker iconжъы Somewhat like North American Persian
ʔ audio speaker iconӏэ the catch in uh-oh!
ʔʷ audio speaker iconӏо Somewhat like Cockney network
Non-native consonants
k audio speaker iconк, кнопк, ручк cup
v audio speaker iconв vet
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɜ audio speaker iconӏэ nut
audio speaker iconар father
ɘ audio speaker iconзы about
  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.