The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Adyghe pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see ((IPA-ady)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Adyghe phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Adyghe, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b audio speaker iconбэ bat
ɕ audio speaker iconщы Somewhat like British consume
d audio speaker iconдэ done
dz audio speaker iconдзэ goods
dzʷ audio speaker iconдзу, хьандзу, хьандзуачӏ
dʒ audio speaker iconджанэ jam
f audio speaker iconфыжьы fast
ɣ audio speaker iconгыны Spanish trigo
ɡʷ audio speaker iconгу Gwen
ħ audio speaker iconхьэ somewhat like hat
j audio speaker iconятӀэ yes
kʷ audio speaker iconку quality
kʼ audio speaker iconшкӏэ like cup but ejective [1]
kʷʼ audio speaker iconтхьэкӏумэ like quality but ejective [1]
l audio speaker iconлы Somewhat like luck
ɬ audio speaker iconлъы Welsh llwyd
ɬʼ audio speaker iconлӏы like Welsh llwyd but ejective [1]
m audio speaker iconмазэ man
n audio speaker iconнэ no
p audio speaker iconпэ pan
pʼ audio speaker iconпӏэ like pan but ejective [1]
pʷʼ audio speaker iconпӏуакӏэ like French point but ejective [1]
q audio speaker iconкъалэ like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق)
qʷ audio speaker iconкъо like quality but further back
r audio speaker iconар rolled r
ʁ audio speaker iconгъэ French rester
ʁʷ audio speaker iconгъожьэ French roi
s audio speaker iconсэ sad
ʃ audio speaker iconшы shell
ʃʷ audio speaker iconшъо somewhat like French choix
ʃʼ audio speaker iconпшӏы like shell but ejective [1]
ʃʷʼ audio speaker iconшӏу somewhat like French choix but ejective [1]
ʂ audio speaker iconпшъашъэ Somewhat like North American worship
t audio speaker iconтэ tap
tʼ audio speaker iconтӏы like tap but ejective [1]
tʷʼ audio speaker iconтӏу like tweet but ejective [1]
ts audio speaker iconцы hats
tsʷ audio speaker iconцуакъэ somewhat like Botswana
tsʼ audio speaker iconцӏэ like hats but ejective [1]
tʃ audio speaker iconчэты chat
tʃʼ audio speaker iconкӏако like chat but ejective [1]
tʂ audio speaker iconчъыгы somewhat like trust
tʂʼ audio speaker iconчӏы somewhat like trust but ejective [1]
w audio speaker iconо war
x audio speaker iconхы loch (Scottish English)
χ audio speaker iconхъыен Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche
χʷ audio speaker iconхъуанэ French trois
z audio speaker iconзы zoo
ʑ audio speaker iconжьы Somewhat like British Zeus
ʒ audio speaker iconжакӏэ vision
ʒʷ audio speaker iconжъуагъо French joie
ʐ audio speaker iconжъы Somewhat like North American Persian
ʔ audio speaker iconӏэ the catch in uh-oh!
ʔʷ audio speaker iconӏо Somewhat like Cockney network
Non-native consonants
k audio speaker iconк, кнопк, ручк cup
v audio speaker iconв vet
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɜ audio speaker iconӏэ nut
aː audio speaker iconар father
ɘ audio speaker iconзы about

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.
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