Help:IPA/Franco-Provençal

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Franco-Provençal (also known as Arpitan) 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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Consonants
IPA		Examples	English approximation
b		bâs	bow
ç^[1]		^{[examples needed]}	hue
d		dinar	doe
ð^[2]		^{[examples needed]}	then
f^[2]		fèna	foe
ɡ		gran	go
ɡʲ^[2]	dz	ghoral	goods
	dʒ		jazz
	ɟ		ague
	ʒ		measure
h^[1]^[2]		^{[examples needed]}	happy
k		kilô	sky
kʲ^[2]	c	chalor	skew
	ʃ		show
	ts		hats
	tʃ		change
l		lârro	low
ʎ		lyata	roughly like million
m		mira	mow
n		nâs	no
ɲ		^{[examples needed]}	roughly like canyon
ŋ		^{[examples needed]}	parking
p		pâre	spy
r^[3]	r	curâ	atom (GA)
r^[3]	ʁ	curâ	roughly like loch (Scotland)
s^[2]		sôré	so
t		tanta	stow
θ^[2]		^{[examples needed]}	thin
v^[2]		savuc	vote
z^[2]		zérô	zoo

Vowels
Oral			Nasal
IPA	Examples	English approximation	IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	tina	pasta	ɑ̃^[4]	chançon	croissant (GA) or coq au vin
ɑ	pâta	bra	ɑ̃^[4]	chançon	croissant (GA) or coq au vin
e	^{[examples needed]}	clay	ɛ̃	vent	length
ɛ	libertá	festival	ɛ̃	vent	length
i	^{[examples needed]}	see	ĩ	^{[examples needed]}	ring
ə	^{[examples needed]}	again	œ̃	^{[examples needed]}	nasalized [œ]
œ	^{[examples needed]}	roughly like shirt (RP)
ø	^{[examples needed]}	roughly like shirt (RP)
o	^{[examples needed]}	story	ɔ̃^[5]	chançon	croissant (RP)
ɔ	^{[examples needed]}	off	ɔ̃^[5]	chançon	croissant (RP)
u	^{[examples needed]}	cool	ũ	^{[examples needed]}	nasalized [u]
y	blu	roughly like cute	ỹ	^{[examples needed]}	nasalized [y]

Semivowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
j	vreyer	yet
w	^{[examples needed]}	wet
ɥ	^{[examples needed]}	simultaneous yet and wet

Other symbols
IPA	Examples	Explanation
ˈ	^{[examples needed]}	primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)^[6]
.	^{[examples needed]}	syllable break (placed between the syllables)

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