The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see ((IPA-az)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Orthography English approximation
azb azj
b ب b about
c ک k skew
ç[1] ح hue
d د d ado
dz[2] ج c adze
jump
f ف f food
ɡ ق q ago
ɣ غ ğ Spanish amigo
h ه h home
j ی y yet
ɟ گ g argue
k[3] ک k score
l ل l late
m م m much
n ن n not
ɲ[4] canyon
ŋ[5] wing
p پ p span
ɾ ر r American atom
s س s send
ʃ ش ş shoe
t ت t stable
ts[2] چ ç bits
change
v و v vase
w[6] wet
x خ x Scottish loch
z ز z zone
ʒ ژ j leisure
Vowels
IPA Orthography English approximation
azb azj
ɑ آ a father
æ اَ ə cat
e ائ ئ e bed
i ای i creek
o او o mole
œ اؤ ö bird
u اوُ u soup
ɯ اؽ ı roses
y اۆ ü somewhat like cute
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Meaning
ˈ Bakı
[bɑˈcɯ]
stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
ː barı
[ˈbɑːɾɯ]
long vowel

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Allophone of /c/ before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.
  2. ^ a b Only used in certain dialects.
  3. ^ Only occurs in loanwords.
  4. ^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɟ] and [c].
  5. ^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɡ] and [k].
  6. ^ Allophone of /v/ after a vowel.