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

Charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Nepali 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 Nepali phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Nepali.

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Consonants
IPA Examples English Approximation
Nepali IAST
b बाटो bāṭo cabbie
[1] भट्टी bhaṭṭī clubhouse
d[2] दाउरा dāurā width
[2] धान dhān adhere (but dental)
ɖ[2][3] डमरु amaru American bird
ɽ[3] गाडी ī American bird
ɖʱ[2] ढाल ḍhāl American birdhouse
d͡z जल jal dads
d͡zʱ झरना jharanā dad's house
ɡ गीत gīt again
ɡʱ[1] घर ghar loghouse
ɦ[3] हलो halo ahead
k कलम kalam scan
[1] खाना khānā can
l लामो lāmo leaf
m माटो māṭo much
n नाम nām not
ŋ नङ na sing
ɳ[4] अण्डा aḍā American burn
p पल pal span
[1] फल phal pan
r[5] रातो rāto Trilled ring
ɾ[5] तारा rā American atom
s[6] सानो sāno sun
t͡s चोर cor bats
t͡sʰ छाना chānā cats head
t[2] तर tara stick (but dental)
[2] थाल thāl tub (but dental)
ʈ[2] टमाटर amāar American parts
ʈʰ[2] ठीक ṭhīk American partake
w[7] हावा hawa want
j याद yād yes
Vowels
IPA Examples English Approximation
Nepali IAST
Monophthongs
a आमा āmā father
ʌ असल asal cut (most dialects outside Northern England, English Midlands and Republic of Ireland; no equivalent in these dialects)
e केरा ke Scottish may
i इनाम inām happy
ईनार īnār
o थोपा tho force
u उमेर umēr cool
ऊन ūn
Diphthongs
ʌi̯ ऐना ai Canadian writer
ʌu̯ मौका mau Canadian about
ou̯ धोऊ dh goal
oi̯ खोइ khoi toy
au̯ पाउ pāu now
ei̯ केही kehī day
ai̯ माइत māita my
iu̯ जीउ jīu similar to few
ui̯ दुई d booyah; Gruyère
eu̯ एउटा euṭā somewhat like go (some dialects[8]); similar to hey ooh elided into a single syllable
Vowel Diacritic
◌̃ आँसु ā̃su nasal vowel [ʌ̃], [ã], [ũ], etc.)
Suprasegmentals
IPA
◌ ̤ː Doubled vowel
(placed after vowel[9])
◌ː Doubled consonant
(placed after consonant)
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