Help:IPA/Sylheti
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 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Sylheti on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Sylheti in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
Charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sylheti 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 Sylheti language § Phonology and Sylheti Nagari alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Sylheti.
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Notes
[edit]- ^ /r/ is phonetically an alveolar flap [ɾ], alveolar trill [r] or alveolar approximant [ɹ] depending on the variety and speaker.
- ^ When preceding a vowel in word-initial positions, /w/ may occur as an allophone of /o/ and /u/, especially in loan words e.g. ꠅꠣꠖꠣ [wada] 'promise', ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ [wiliam] 'William'.
- ^ Closer to fat in most British and Irish accents; closer to father in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.
- ^ a b Primary stress usually occurs in word-initial positions with secondary stress occurring afterwards.