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pronunciation key for
IPA transcriptions of Marathi on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Marathi 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 Marathi
The charts below show the way in which the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents
Marathi 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
Marathi phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Marathi.
Consonants
IPA
[1]
Marathi
[1]
IAST
English Approximation
b
ब
b
ab ash
bʱ
[2]
भ
bh
clubh ouse
d
द
d
d eal (
dental )
dʱ
ध
dh
redh ead (dental)
ɖ
ड
ḍ
American bird
ɖʱ
ढ
ḍh
American birdh ouse
dʑ
[3]
ज
j
j azz
dʑʱ
[3]
झ
jh
hedgeh og
ɡ
ग
g
ag ain
ɡʱ
घ
gh
logh ouse
ɦ
ह
h
h ave
j
य , ञ
y
y ak
k
क
k
sc an
kʰ
ख
kh
c an
l
ल
l
l ot
ɭ̆
[4]
ळ
ḷ
Similar to bell
m
म
m
m ight
n
न
n
n ot
ŋ
ङ
ṅ
sing
ɳ
ण
ṇ
American burn
ɲ
ञ
ñ
mini on
p
प
p
sp ot
pʰ
[5]
फ
ph
p ot
ɾ
र
r
American at om
ʃ
श
ś
sh ip
ʂ
ष
ṣ
American worsh ip
s
[6]
स
s
s ee
t
त
t
bit (dental)
tʰ
थ
th
t able (dental)
ʈ
ट
ṭ
part s
ʈʰ
ठ
ṭh
part ake
tɕ
[7]
च
c
catch
tɕʰ
[7]
छ
ch
beach ead
ʋ
व
v
Between w ine and v ine
Vowels
IPA
Marathi
IAST
English Approximation
aː
आ
ā
fa ther
æ
अॅ
æ
tra p
ə
अ
a
a bout
e
ए
e
Scottish may
i
इ
i
happy
iː
ई
ī
kee p
o
ओ
o
Scottish so le
ɔ
ऑ
a
no t
u
उ
u
loo k
uː
ऊ
ū
boo t
əi
ऐ
ai
Similar to buy
əm
अं
am
rhythm
əu
औ
au
Similar to go
ru
ऋ
ṛ
ru le
Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ
stress (placed before stressed syllable)
◌ː
doubled consonant (placed after consonant)
^
a
b In the letter series beginning with क , क = क् + अ ; ka = k + a. Thus 'क ' has the
inherent vowel 'अ ', giving 'क ' without added vowel sign using diacritics (The
halanta "्" is removed). But the IPA shown here has the consonant 'k' only & does not include the vowel 'a'.
^ /bʱ/ is pronounced either as [bʱ] or [
v ].
^
a
b /dʑ/ and /dʑʱ/ phonetically may be either [dʑ ] and [dʑʱ ], [
dz ] and [dzʱ ] or [
dʒ ] and [dʒʱ ] depending on the variety and speaker.
^ /ɭ̆/ is pronounced either as [ɭ̆ ] or [
ɭ ].
^ /pʰ/ is pronounced either as [pʰ ] or [
f ].
^ /s/ is pronounced either as [s ] or [
ɕ ].
^
a
b /tɕ/ and /tɕʰ/ phonetically may be either [tɕ ] and [tɕʰ ] or [
ts ] and [tsʰ ], [
tʃ ] and [tʃʰ ] depending on the variety and speaker.
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