 | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Bulgarian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Bulgarian 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see ((IPA-bg)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Bulgarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Bulgarian.
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| b | баба | box |
| d | дом | dust |
| d͡z | дзифт | birds |
| d͡ʒ | джем | jab |
| f | филм | fact |
| ɡ | гарван | good |
| j | сойка | yes |
| k | къща | skill |
| l | лимон | leap |
| ɫ | лош | all or west |
| ʎ | любов | million |
| m | море | mocha |
| n | нос | north |
| ɲ | баня | canyon |
| ŋ | банка | sing |
| p | пет | speak |
| r | работа | trilled r, like in Spanish |
| s | стол | salt, mask |
| ʃ | шума | sugar |
| t | тайна | style |
| t͡s | цар | bats |
| t͡ʃ | чай | cheese |
| v | вода | view |
| x | хартия | loch (Scottish English) |
| z | зима | zoo |
| ʒ | жълт | pleasure |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| ç | Хюз | huge |
| w | уиски | water |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| a | брат | father |
| ɤ | кът | plus |
| ɛ | цена | edge |
| i | сив | police |
| ɔ | слон | off |
| u | хубав | pool |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| ɐ | щерка, камък | sofa |
| o | нещо, уста | thought (RP), coat (Scottish English) |
| IPA | Description |
|---|---|
| ˈ | Stress on the following syllable |
| ˌ | Secondary stress on the following syllable |
| ◌ʲ | Palatalization of the preceding consonant |
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Sabev, Mitko (2015). Reduction of unstressed central and back vowels in Contemporary Standard Bulgarian (PDF). Glasgow, UK: Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
- Scatton, Ernest A. (1984). A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.
- Zhobov, Valdimir (2004). Звуковете в българския език [The Sounds of the Bulgarian Language].