The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Belarusian 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.
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See Belarusian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Belarusian.
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Consonants
| IPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic[1] | English approximation |
| b |
б |
bʲ |
б |
boot; beautiful |
| d |
д |
do |
| d͡z |
дз |
d͡zʲ |
дз |
birds, adze |
| d͡ʐ |
дж |
jug |
| f |
ф |
fʲ |
ф |
fool; few |
| ɣ |
г |
ɣʲ |
г |
Spanish higo |
| k |
к |
kʲ |
к |
scold, skew |
| l |
л[2] |
lʲ |
л |
loot; lute (in dialects without yod-dropping) |
| m |
м |
mʲ |
м |
moot; mute |
| n |
н |
nʲ |
н |
noon; canyon |
| p |
п |
pʲ |
п |
span, spew |
| r |
р |
trilled r, like in Spanish |
| s |
с |
sʲ |
с |
soup; assume (in dialects without yod-dropping) |
| ʂ |
ш |
shore |
| t |
т |
stool |
| t͡s |
ц |
t͡sʲ |
ц |
cats |
| t͡ʂ |
ч |
child |
| v |
в[2] |
vʲ |
в |
voodoo; view |
| x |
х |
xʲ |
х |
Bach; huge (for some dialects) |
| z |
з |
zʲ |
з |
zoo; resume (in dialects without yod-dropping) |
| ʐ |
ж |
rouge |
Marginal consonants
| IPA | Cyrillic | IPA | Cyrillic | English approximation |
| ɡ |
г, ґ |
ɡʲ |
г, ґ |
goo; argue |
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Other symbols
| IPA | Explanation |
| ˈ |
Stress (placed before the stressed syllable) |
| ː |
Gemination[7] (doubled consonant) |
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