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This is the
pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Inuktitut on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Inuktitut 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
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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Inuktitut
The charts below show the way in which the
IPA represents
Inuktitut pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
[1] For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see
Template:IPA and
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See
Inuit phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Inuktitut and other Inuit languages.
IPA
Syllabics
Examples
English approximation
Consonants
+
a
+
aː
+
i
+
iː
+
u
+
uː
final
h
ᐦ
u.qa.uh .iː.ti.ɣut
h at
p
ᐸ
ᐹ
ᐱ
ᐲ
ᐳ
ᐴ
ᑉ
taq.sa.liq.p aːq.tut
p ig
t
ᑕ
ᑖ
ᑎ
ᑏ
ᑐ
ᑑ
ᑦ
i.nuk.t i.t ut
t iger
k
ᑲ
ᑳ
ᑭ
ᑮ
ᑯ
ᑰ
ᒃ
u.k a.li.ma.juq
k id
ɣ
ᒐ
ᒑ
ᒋ
ᒌ
ᒍ
ᒎ
ᒡ
u.qau.miŋ.ɣ it
Spanish trig o
m
ᒪ
ᒫ
ᒥ
ᒦ
ᒧ
ᒨ
ᒻ
am .ma
m an
n
ᓇ
ᓈ
ᓂ
ᓃ
ᓄ
ᓅ
ᓐ
a.n aː.na
n ow
s
ᓴ
ᓵ
ᓯ
ᓰ
ᓱ
ᓲ
ᔅ
s u.qu.s iq.paː
s it
l
ᓚ
ᓛ
ᓕ
ᓖ
ᓗ
ᓘ
ᓪ
i.l i
l ike
j
ᔭ
ᔮ
ᔨ
ᔩ
ᔪ
ᔫ
ᔾ
u.qau.si.ʁi.j au.j uq
y ou
v
ᕙ
ᕚ
ᕕ
ᕖ
ᕗ
ᕘ
ᕝ
iv .v il.li
v ery
ʁ
ᕋ
ᕌ
ᕆ
ᕇ
ᕈ
ᕉ
ᕐ
ti.ti.ʁ au.siq
French r ester
q
ᖃ
ᖄ
ᕿ
ᖀ
ᖁ
ᖂ
ᖅ
aq .q a
sc ar, but further back from throat;
Semitic
Qāf
ŋ
ᖓ
ᖔ
ᖏ
ᖐ
ᖑ
ᖒ
ᖕ
u.ju.ŋ a
sing
(
geminated )
ŋː
ᙵ
ᙶ
ᙱ
ᙲ
ᙳ
ᙴ
ᖖ
tu.ŋː a.su.ɣit
sing , but
longer .
ɬ
ᖤ
ᖥ
ᖠ
ᖡ
ᖢ
ᖣ
ᖦ
mi.lik.ɬ u.ɣit
Welsh : ll wyd
IPA
Syllabic
Examples
English approximation
Vowels
a
ᐊ
a q.qa
bra
aː
ᐋ
a.taː .tan
long a
i
ᐃ
i .nuk.ti .tut
city
iː
ᐄ
u.qa.ti.si.liː t
see
u
ᐅ
i.nu .it
foo d (
GA )
uː
ᐆ
i.nuk.ti.tuː .suː .ŋu.vit
foo d
Syllables
.
Syllables are between dots. They can be:
C
V
C ,
C
V or
V .
^ Inuktitut language. (2012). Omniglot. Retrieved September 14, 2012, from
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