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

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

The Tigrinya letters (ፊደላት) in the last charts have the consonants in rows and the vowels in columns. Each letter is represented by one consonant (or consonant cluster) and one vowel.

Vowels

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Vowel Orders IPATransliterationEnglish Approximation
First Order ɐäbetter (sometimes a schwa)
Second Order uucool
Third Order iiseat
Fourth Order äaBetween fat and father[1]
Fifth Order eeway
Sixth Order ɨəRoses
Seventh Order oostory
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Abugida

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IPA ɐuiäeɨoEnglish approximation Transliteration
b Bedb
d Dadd
d͡ʒ Judgeǧ, j
f Farf
ɡ Gog
h Howh
h h,
ħ No English equivalenth,
j Yesy
k Kingk
Ski
Kiteḳh
l Letl
m Matchm
n Nown
ɲ Onionñ
p Pinp
Upper
ɾ ~ r Water SAEr
s Sights
s ś
tsʼ Pizza
tsʼ ṣ́
ʃ Shortš
t Talkt
t͡ʃ Churchč
t͡ʃʼ Achooč̣
Stick
v Vaultv
x Scottish lochx, kh
w Walkw
z Zooz
ʒ Pleasurež
ʔ Uh-ohʾ , -
ʕ No English equivalentʿ, ʾ, -
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Labiovelar Abugida

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IPA ɐiäeɨ
ɡʷ
kʼʷ
xʼʷ
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Notes

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