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

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Māori 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 Māori phonology for detailed discussion of the phonology of Māori.

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Consonants
IPAExamplesNZ English approximation
f[1] Whakatāne fat
h Heretaunga hat
k kea sky
m Māori moon
n nā not
ŋ Ngāruawāhia sing
p Paraparaumu ping
ɾ Te Reo atom (with flapping)
t Tongariro sty
w waka we
Stress
IPAExampleNote
ˈ Ruapehu [ˈɾʉaˌpɛhʉ] Placed before the stressed syllable.[2]
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Vowels
IPAExamplesNZ English approximation
Māori father
a Rangi around
ɛː tēnā koe yeah
ɛ Te Reo bed
kīanga bee
i iwi me
ɔː tēnā kōrua awkward
ɔ Omaoma cord
ʉː Ngāi Tūhoe move
ʉ Te Urewera moot
Diphthongs
IPAExamplesNZ English approximation
ae marae high
ai Kaikōura sighing
ao taonga house
au Tau toe
oe toetoe voice
oi poi boy
ou toutouwai goal
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