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pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Lakota on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Lakota 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 Lakota
The charts below show the way in which the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents
Lakota language 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 .
Consonants
IPA
Examples
English approximation
b
b ló
ab out
tʃ
wašíč u
ch eck
tʃʰ
héčh ena
ch oose
tʃʼ
šič’ éši
ch eck, but with a pause afterwards
g
óg le
ag ain
ʁ
ǧ í
Northumbrian burr
h
wóžuh a
h at
x
ȟ óta
Spanish j ota
k
sk á
sk in
k’
k’ éyaš
sk in, but with a pause afterwards
kʰ
wakh éya
c ab
kˣ
wakȟ áŋ
like c ab, but sharper
l
hokšíl a
l ife
m
m akȟá
m an
n
in á
n ot
p
tóp a
sp ot
pʰ
oph íye
p ot
pˣ
pȟ eží
like p ot, but sharper
p’
p’ ó
sp ot, but with a pause afterwards
s
tiyos paye
s un
ʃ
tóš ke
sh oe
t
wit kó
st and
t’
t’ élanuwela
st and, but with a pause afterwards
tʰ
math ó
t orn
tˣ
tȟ áwa
like t orn, but sharper
w
tuw á
w ell
j
wíŋy aŋ
y es
z
waz í
z ip
ʒ
maǧáž u
meas ure
Vowels
IPA
Examples
English approximation
a
a kézaptaŋ
ha t
ɛ
iye
be d
ɪ
i š
bi t
ɔ
kȟo lá
though t
ʊ
táku
pu sh
ə̃
waŋ ží
huh
ɪ̃
siŋ tésapela
bi t, but
nasalized
ʊ̃
uŋ kiye
pu sh, but
nasalized
Ingham, Bruce. Lakota (Languages of the World) .
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