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

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

See Georgian phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Georgian.

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Consonants
IPAMkhedruliAsomtavruliNuskhuriRomanizationEnglish approximation
b[1] b bash
ɡ[1] g gate
d[1] d do
v v, w van
ʷ[2] quick
z z zoo
t table
roughly like the unaspirated "k" in sky (but also ejective)[3]
l[4] l leaf
m m much
n n not
roughly like the unaspirated "p" in spy (but also ejective)[3]
ʒ zh pleasure
r[5] r Spanish río
s s sue
roughly like the unaspirated "t" in sty (but also ejective)[3]
p pan
k can
ʁ gh Scottish English loch, but voiced. Cf. also guttural R,
χʼ[6] Dakota hã.χʼãna (ejective)[3]
ʃ sh shoe
tʃʰ ch choose
tsʰ ts, c cats
dz dz pads
tsʼ tsʼ, cʼ Navajo ts'in (ejective)[3]
tʃʼ chʼ roughly like the unaspirated "ch" in question (but also ejective)[3]
χ kh, x Scottish loch; the English exclamation "ugh"
j hedge
h h head
Marginal consonants
f[7] f fan
Vowels
IPAMkhedruliAsomtavruliNuskhuriRomanizationEnglish approximation
a a taco
e e let
i i feet
o o story
u u rule
Suprasegmentals
IPA Explanation
ˈ stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)[8]
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