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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Afrikaans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Afrikaans 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.

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

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Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b beet beet
d dak duck
f fiets, ver far
ɦ hoekom behind
j ja yes
k kat skin
l land land
m mens man
n nek neck
ŋ eng long
p pen, rib, lip sport
r ras rolled r
s sak, seep sock
t tak, hond stop
χ generaal, weg loch (Scottish English)
v wang van
ʋ kwaad, twaalf[1] water
Loan consonants
ʔ beïnvloed
[bəˈʔənflut]
the catch in uh-oh!
ɡ ghries,[2] berge, erger goal
z Zoeloe zoo
ʃ sjabloon, chef shall
ʒ genre vision
tjek, Tsjeggië chat
djihad, jellie jump
ɲ oranje onion
Stress
ˈ vóórkom [ˈfuərkɔm]
voorkóm [ˌfuərˈkɔm]
as in commandeer
/ˌkɒmənˈdiər/
ˌ
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Monophthongs (oral)
a bad British cat; somewhat like cut in other dialects.
ɑː aap father
æ bel, sleg, lekker, ster[3] American and Australian back (short)
æː perd, ver, wêreld, bêre[4] American and Australian mad (long)
ɛ met, wen, september met
ɛː nè, mens, hê modern RP square
ə vis, hemel, vanaand[5] again
əː wîe[6] fur
i nies, polisie deep (short)
spieël, bier[7] deep (long)
ɔ bot story (short)
ɔː môre[8] story (long)
œ hut roughly like book (short)
œː rûe[8] roughly like book (long)
u hoed, polisie cool (short)
koeël, moer[7] cool (long)
y nuut roughly like cute; French tu
uur[7] roughly like true; German über
Monophthongs (nasal)
ɑ̃ː dans no English equivalent, long nasalized [ɑ]; French sans
ɛ̃ː mens no English equivalent, long nasalized [ɛ]; French vin
ɔ̃ː spons no English equivalent, nasalized [ɔː]; French dupont
Diphthongs
ai baie price
aːi braai prize
əi rys, reis may
eer, ere ear
iu eeu ew
oːi nooi boy
œu ou boat
œy ui house (Scottish English)
so, boot rural
seun roughly like fear in some accents
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