It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Slovene 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.
^
abc[dz,ɣ,v] are allophones of /ts,x,f/ that occur before voiced consonants (
Herrity (2000:16)).
^
abcOrthographic sequences ⟨lj, nj, rj⟩ are pronounced /lj,nj,rj/ only if a vowel follows; otherwise, the /j/ is not pronounced. For ⟨rj⟩, it is reflected in the orthography, but for ⟨lj, nj⟩ it is not.
^
abcdNasals always
assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Before
velar consonants they are [
ŋ, and before
labial consonants they are [
m; the labiodental [
ɱ appears before /f/ and /ʋ/. Orthographic ⟨n⟩ before ⟨p⟩ and ⟨b⟩ is rare and is confined mostly to loanwords.
^
abStandard Slovene features three allophones of /v/ (the latter two sometimes also occurring for /l/): before vowels, it is [ʋ], after a vowel it is [w], and between a syllable boundary and a voiceless consonant, it is [ʍ] (
Šuštaršič, Komar & Petek (1999:136)).
^Tonic marks are not part of the orthography but are found in dictionaries such as
"Slovenski pravopis 2001". Tone marks can also be found on ⟨r⟩, which signifies the sequence /ər/.
^
abWherever possible, one should transcribe Slovene with both tonic and stress marks. If the correct tones are unknown, it is acceptable to put only a stress-based transcription.problem
^/ý/ appears only in loanwords and is often replaced by /í/.
Sources
Herrity, Peter (2000), Slovene: A Comprehensive Grammar, London: Routledge,
ISBN0-415-23148-5
Pretnar, Tone; Tokarz, Emil (1980), Slovenščina za Poljake: Kurs podstawowy języka słoweńskiego (in Polish), Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski
Šuštaršič, Rastislav; Komar, Smiljana; Petek, Bojan (1999), "Slovene", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 135–139,
doi:
10.1017/S0025100300004874,
ISBN0-521-65236-7