The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Venetian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
C & N C, V & S N & E
b barba, sbaro bike
d dove, idra done
dʒ gèmo, giara; ġarón, ġen jab
ð z dz zaino; żenòcio, franża; fredha, ordho; đanđivi, lapiđea this, zipper or dads
f f sfalto, fìnferli, frànboła fat
h[1] fìnferli, rufa; ahari, hémena fat or hat
ɡ gato, figo, ghìngari, rughe gas
k coa, checa, tenca; karèga; quacio scar
l làrese, molton, stèla lip
ɰ[2] łate, goła roughly like toll
m mare, rema mother
n nasion, ànara nest
ŋ ladiṅ, piroṅ; óngara, venco, canpo[3] sing
ɲ cugnà, gnaro; ñel, ñaña canyon
p popà, despèrdere spin
ɾ[4] rosto, vara atom (American English)
s soto, baston, strassa sorry
t talpa, butiro, gat star
tʃ cèrega, ciaro, moc'; ċave chip
θ s ts zata, marz, nòzze; çanpedon, petaça; cazhòt, zhèrzha thing, sorry or cats
v vaca, ava vent
z àseno, sbaro; ṡio, onṡo; xe, piaxe zipper
Marginal consonants[5]
IPA Examples English approximation
ʎ artiglièr, batàglia million
ʃ šchena, mešedà ship
ʒ žal, ruža measure
 
Semivowels
IPA Examples English approximation
j jèri, ajo; lezièr; yacht you
w suòr, aqua; web wine
 
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a aqua, man father
e feta, paré pay
ɛ ghènga, perèr bed
i fio, intrada see
o bote, bogó law (British English)
ɔ fiòco, poro off
u duto, dudolèr tool
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English approximation
ˈ ponàro [poˈnaɾo] bottle
ˌ liberamente [ˌlibeɾaˈmeŋte] intonation
. fio [ˈfi.o] moai

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Only occurring between vowels in a small number of dialects around Feltre.
  2. ^ Often realized as a non-syllabic [e̯] or omitted. In some dialects it is pronounced [l].
  3. ^ As in most Northern Italian languages, nasals do not assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant, differently from what happens in standard Italian. In Venetian, [ŋ] (in Italian only occurring in /nɡ/, /nk/) is used in all nasal plus consonant clusters: e.g. canpo [ˈkaŋpo], cantoṅ [kaŋˈtoŋ].
  4. ^ The phoneme /r/ in Venetian is almost always an alveolar flap, but for some it may be retroflex [ɽ].
  5. ^ Only used in few dialects or in loanwords.

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