The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to represent Northern Mansi pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
| IPA
|
Letter
|
Example
|
English approx.
|
| b
|
б
|
бур [bur] (drill)
|
bean
|
| w or β
|
в
|
ва̄т [waːt] (thirty)
|
weather
|
| ɡ
|
г
|
газета [gazeta] (newspaper)
|
gear
|
| ɣ
|
са̄гла [saːɣla] (splinter)
|
| d
|
д
|
доклад [doklad] (report)
|
dog
|
| ʒ
|
ж
|
художественный [xudoʒestwennij] (art)
|
leisure
|
| z
|
з
|
завод [zawod] (factory)
|
zoo
|
| j
|
й
|
йӣв [jiːw] (tree)
|
year
|
| k
|
к
|
кāсыӈ [kaːsəŋ] (which)
|
culture
|
| l
|
л
|
лӯпта [luːpta] (leaf)
|
liver
|
| m
|
м
|
ма̄ньлат [maːnʲlat] (young)
|
mouse
|
| n
|
н
|
на̄й [naːj] (fire)
|
no
|
| ŋ
|
ӈ
|
ме̄тыӈ [meːtiŋ] (valuable)
|
thing
|
| p
|
п
|
пēс [peːs] (old)
|
portion
|
| r
|
р
|
рӯпата [ruːpata] (job)
|
|
| s
|
с
|
сӯп [suːp] (mouth)
|
sea
|
| t
|
т
|
тав [taw] (he/she)
|
televison
|
| f
|
ф
|
Финляндия [finlʲandija] (Finland)
|
Finland
|
| x
|
х
|
халт [xalt] (among)
|
|
| t͡s
|
ц
|
пӯльница [puːlʲnʲt͡sa] (hospital)
|
tsunami
|
| t͡ʃ
|
ч
|
Качанова [Kat͡ʃanowa]
|
church
|
| ʃ
|
ш
|
школа [ʃkola] (school)
|
sheet
|
| ɕ
|
щ
|
щё̄ри [ɕoːri] (flower)
|
| IPA
|
Letter
|
Example
|
English approx.
|
| a
|
а
|
ань [anʲ] (now)
|
|
| aː
|
а̄
|
āмп [aːmp] (dog)
|
father
|
| ja
|
я
|
яныг [janəɣ] (big)
|
| jaː
|
я̄
|
я̄ӈк [jaːŋk] (white, ice)
|
| e
|
е
|
вāнтлаӈкве [waːntlaŋkʷe] (change)
|
|
| э
|
са̄т атыт хо̄талэ [saːt atit xoːtale] (Friday)
|
| eː
|
э̄
|
э̄типа̄ла [eːtʲipaːla] (evening)
|
| je
|
е
|
|
|
| jeː
|
ē
|
ēмтуӈкве [jeːmtuŋkʷe] (become)
|
|
| jo
|
ё
|
ёмас [jomas] (good, right)
|
| jo:
|
ё̄
|
ё̄рнкол [joːrnkol] (yurt)
|
|
| ɪ
|
ы [1]
|
сасыг [sasɪɣ] (uncle)
|
| i
|
и
|
йиӈкве [jiŋkʷe] (to become)
|
bit
|
| ы [2]
|
лылы [lili] (breath)
|
| iː
|
ӣ
|
вӣльт [wiːlʲt] (face)
|
| ы̄
|
вы̄гыр [wiːɣər] (red)
|
| o
|
о
|
войкан [wojkan] (white)
|
old
|
| oː
|
о̄
|
вōт [woːt] (wind)
|
|
| u
|
у
|
туп [tup] (only)
|
bull
|
| uː
|
ӯ
|
тӯйт [tuːjt] (snow)
|
tool
|
| ɞ̝
|
у [3]
|
тотэ̄гум [toteːɣɞ̝ m] (I bring)
|
|
| ə
|
ы [4]
|
маныр [manər] (what)
|
| у
|
|
| и
|
|
| а
|
|
| я
|
талях [talʲəx] (top, peak)
|
Letter combinations
[edit]
| IPA
|
Letter
|
Example
|
English approx.
|
| lʲ
|
ль
|
хультум [xulʲtɞ̝m] (gone, outdated)
|
| лй
|
| ли [5]
|
Са̄литэлн! [Saːlʲiteln] (Excuse me!, Sorry!)[6]
|
| nʲ
|
| нь
|
мāнь [maːnʲ] (small)
|
| нй
|
| ни [5]
|
нила [nʲila] (four)
|
| tʲ
|
ть
|
область [oblasc] (county)
|
| тй
|
| ти [5]
|
пити [pitʲi] (nest)
|
| ɕ
|
сь
|
а̄гирись [aːɣiriɕ] (girl)
|
| сй
|
| си [5]
|
ма̄ньси [maːnʲɕi] (mansi)
|
| kʷ
|
кв
|
о̄луӈкве [oːluŋkʷe] (to be)
|
| xʷ
|
хв
|
|
| ŋ
|
нг
|
ёнгуӈкве [joŋuŋkʷe] (to play)
|
- ^ If used before the letter г.
- ^ It is pronounced [i] when it's the last letter of a word, or when in the first syllable of the word.
- ^ The [ə] here, turns into [ɞ̝ ] when written before any bilabial consonants.
- ^ It is pronounced [ə] when in the last syllable of the word, exceptions are compound words, for example: эрыӈпыл [erəŋpil] and сольпыл [solʲpil] (because пыл [pil] is another word), and suffixed word like атыт since the suffix is -ыт | [-it]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 This refers to other letters like я, ю, е, ё and long variants of them
- ^ The use of the word "sorry" in the Mansi language is a very fresh Russian influence. Traditionally, the Mansi does not apologize.
| IPA
|
Letter
|
Indicates
|
| ◌ʲ
|
ь
|
Palatalization
|
| ◌.
|
ъ
|
- Mansi alphabet
- Phonology of Northern Mansi
- Susanna S. Virtanen, Csilla Horváth, Tamara Merova (2021) Pohjoismansin peruskurssin (5 op) (POHJOISMANSIN PERUSKURSSI)[1], Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, page 10
- Bradley, Jeremy, Skribnik, Elena (2021) The many writing systems of Mansi : challenges in transcription and transliteration[2], page 5
