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IPA transcriptions of Mayan on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mayan 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 Mayan
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the various
Mayan languages in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see
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IPA
Examples
English approximation
Consonants
[1]
ʔ
k' in, Ch' ol
the catch in uh-oh; a
glottal stop
ɓ
K'axob , Xib alb a
like b oy but sucking air
tʃ
ch
ch ild
tʃʼ
ch'
popped ch
h
j elik, Q'umarkaj
h e
x
j
loch
k
k
sk in
kʼ
k'
popped k in
l
l
l eave
m
m
m an
n
n
n oodle
ŋ
nh
sing
p
p
sp an
pʼ
p'
popped p an
q
q
c ut but further back from throat
qʼ
q'
as above, but
ejective
ɾ
Xcar et
at om [
American English ]
s
s
s ack
t
t
st and
tʼ
t'
popped t an
tʲ
ty
t ee
tʲʼ
ty'
as above, but
ejective
ts
tz
cats
tsʼ
tz'
popped cats
w
w
w and
ʃ
X unantunich, yaax
sh oe
j
y
y es
IPA
Examples
English approximation
Vowels
[1]
[2]
[3]
a
ka x, Ta bscoob
ta r
aː
naa ch
blah
e
e
me t
eː
ee
pay
ə
k'ä n
somewhat like sofa
əː
mää chäl
somewhat like British he rb
i
i
city
iː
ahii n
see
o
po l
somewhat like coa t
oː
oo
go
u
u
somewhat like goo d
uː
uu
foo d
Stress
ˈ
Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab]
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