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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Slovene
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Slovene language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see ((IPA-sl)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Slovene phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Slovene.
Consonants
IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
b
|
bob
|
bob
|
d
|
dan
|
done
|
dz
|
brivec brije[1]
|
heads
|
dʒ
|
džez
|
George
|
f
|
film
|
film
|
ɡ
|
gora
|
gore
|
ɣ
|
vrh drevesa[1]
|
Spanish rasgo
|
j
|
jaz[2]
|
yaw
|
k
|
kolo, brlog
|
cola
|
l
|
luka[2]
|
Luke
|
m
|
morje, Istanbul[3]
|
more
|
ɱ
|
simfonija, informacija[3]
|
comfort
|
n
|
ne[3][2]
|
no
|
ŋ
|
banka[3]
|
bank
|
p
|
pet, bob
|
pet
|
ɾ
|
robot
|
US atom
|
s
|
stol, džez
|
stole
|
ʃ
|
šum
|
shell
|
t
|
ti, pred
|
tattoo
|
ts
|
car
|
shorts
|
tʃ
|
čaj
|
church
|
v
|
filozof[1]
|
van
|
ʋ
|
voda
|
w
|
cerkev[4]
|
we
|
ʍ
|
vsi[4]
|
white or twice
|
x
|
harfa
|
Scottish loch
|
z
|
zima
|
zoo
|
ʒ
|
žaba
|
fusion
|
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Combinations of vowels and tone[5]
Low tone (or "rising") vowels
|
IPA |
Stress orth. |
Tonal orth.[6][7] |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
àː
|
á
|
danes
|
father
|
ɛ̀ː
|
ê
|
é
|
zemlja
|
British square
|
èː
|
é
|
ẹ́
|
cerkev
|
late
|
ə̀
|
è
|
ə̀
|
sem (stressed)
|
about
|
ə̀ɾ
|
ŕ
|
vrba
|
US verb (but trilled)
|
ìː
|
í
|
hiša
|
least
|
ɔ̀ː
|
ô
|
ó
|
poten
|
dog
|
òː
|
ó
|
ọ́
|
erotičen
|
story
|
ùː
|
ú
|
truplo
|
scoop
|
High tone (or "falling") vowels
|
á
|
à
|
ȁ
|
brat
|
strut
|
áː
|
á
|
ȃ
|
grad
|
father
|
ɛ́
|
è
|
ȅ
|
met
|
let
|
ɛ́ː
|
ê
|
ȇ
|
adverb
|
British square
|
éː
|
é
|
ẹ̑
|
kreda
|
late
|
ə́
|
è
|
ə̏
|
pes
|
about
|
ə́ɾ
|
ŕ
|
ȓ
|
tržnica
|
US verb (but trilled)
|
í
|
ì
|
ȉ
|
bik
|
list
|
íː
|
í
|
ȋ
|
list
|
least
|
ɔ́
|
ò
|
ȍ
|
on
|
off
|
ɔ́ː
|
ô
|
ȏ
|
alkova
|
dog
|
óː
|
ó
|
ọ̑
|
pot
|
story
|
ú
|
ù
|
ȕ
|
kruh
|
foot
|
úː
|
ú
|
ȗ
|
romunščina
|
scoop
|
ý
|
ǜ
|
ü̏
|
Türk[8]
|
somewhat like cute
|
Unstressed vowels
|
a
|
a
|
žena
|
father (but shorter)
|
ɛ
|
e
|
e
|
medved
|
let
|
ə
|
ə
|
danes
|
about
|
əɾ
|
er, r
|
ər, r
|
koder, potrditi
|
US verb (but trilled)
|
i
|
i
|
biti
|
list
|
ɔ
|
o
|
potok
|
lot
|
u
|
u
|
mamut
|
foot
|
Stress[7]
|
IPA |
Stress orth. |
Tonal orth. |
Example |
Explanation
|
ˈ |
N/A
|
[ˈsə̀m]
|
primary stress
|
|