Help:IPA/Ukrainian
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Ukrainian
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Ukrainian 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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Ukrainian distinguishes hard (unpalatalized or plain) and soft (palatalized) consonants (both phonetically and orthographically). Soft consonants, most of which are denoted by a superscript ⟨ʲ⟩, are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, like the articulation of the y sound in yes.
See Ukrainian phonology and Ukrainian alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Ukrainian.
| Consonants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard | Soft | ||||||
| IPA | Examples | English approximations | IPA | Examples | English approximations | ||
| b | бог, крепдеши́н[1] | ⓘ, [krebdeˈʃɪn] | boot | bʲ | різьбя́р, бюстга́льтер[2] | ⓘ, ⓘ | beauty |
| d | дим, футбо́л[1] | ⓘ, ⓘ | do | dʲ | дім, мідь, боротьба́[1] | ⓘ, ⓘ, ⓘ | deuce (RP) |
| dz | дзе́ркало, плацда́рм,[1] відста́лий[3] | ⓘ, [plɐdzˈdɑrm], ⓘ | pads | dzʲ | ґедзь, дзьоб, віне́ць блищи́ть,[1] людськи́й[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [wiˈnɛdzʲ blɪˈʃtʃɪtʲ], ⓘ | pad's yours |
| dʒ | джміль, лічба́,[1] о́тже[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, ⓘ | jump, ridge | N/a | |||
| f | фа́рба | ⓘ | fool | fʲ | фю́рер[2] | [ˈfʲurer] | few |
| ɡ | ґа́нок, рюкза́к[1] | ⓘ, ⓘ | good | ɡʲ | Ґю́нтер[2] | [ˈɡʲunter] | Montague |
| ɣ | чахохбі́лі[1] | [tʃɐxoɣˈbil⁽ʲ⁾i] | between good and hood | N/a | |||
| ɦ | газе́та | ⓘ | behind | ɦʲ | гю́бріс[2] | [ˈɦʲubr⁽ʲ⁾is] | Donohue |
| N/a | j | йти, гай, ї́жа | ⓘ, ⓘ, ⓘ | yes | |||
| k | ключ | ⓘ | scar | kʲ | кю́рій[2] | ⓘ | skew |
| l | лось | ⓘ | bell | lʲ | лід, сіль | ⓘ, ⓘ | million |
| m | мир | ⓘ | moot | mʲ | тьмя́ний, Мю́нхен[2] | ⓘ, ⓘ | music |
| n | не́бо | ⓘ | noon | nʲ | ні́жний, день | ⓘ, ⓘ | canyon |
| p | пил | ⓘ | spare | pʲ | ма́впячий, пюре́[2] | ⓘ, ⓘ | spew |
| r | лі́кар | ⓘ | trilled r, like in Spanish riesgo | rʲ | рі́чка, буря́к | ⓘ, ⓘ | trilled r, like in Spanish riesgo |
| s | суп, лиш себе́[3] | ⓘ, [lɪs seˈbɛ] | soup | sʲ | сі́но, вісь, милу́єшся[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [mɪˈlujesʲːɐ] | assume (RP) |
| ʃ | шпари́на, ви́ще, ви́рісши[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [ˈwɪr⁽ʲ⁾iʃːɪ] | shop | N/a | |||
| t | тин | ⓘ | star | tʲ | тінь, мить | ⓘ, ⓘ | stew (RP) |
| ts | цибу́ля, лиш цe[3] | ⓘ, [lɪˈtsːɛ] | cats | tsʲ | ціна́, віне́ць, моро́чся[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [moˈrɔtsʲsʲɐ] | cat's young |
| tʃ | очере́т, ви́ще, багáтшати[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [bɐˈɦɑtʃʃɐtɪ] | choose | N/a | |||
| u̯ | вчи́тель, став[4] | ⓘ, [stɑu̯] | tow | ||||
| v | Афганіста́н[1] | [ɐvɦɐn⁽ʲ⁾iˈstɑn] | vine | ||||
| w | вода́[4] | ⓘ | between wine and vine | wʲ | цвях, Вю́рцбурґ[2][4] | ⓘ, [ˈwʲurdzbʊrɡ] | between weak and veal |
| x | ховра́х | [xou̯ˈrɑx] | Bach, loch | xʲ | Хюрре́м Султа́н[2] | [xʲʊˈrːɛm sʊlˈtɑn] | Bach yelled |
| z | зуб, бейсбо́л,[1] лиш за́раз[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, [lɪz ˈzɑrɐz] | zoo | zʲ | зі́лля, рі́зьблення, про́сьба,[1] сму́жці[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, ⓘ, [ˈsmuz⁽ʲ⁾tsʲ⁽ʲi] | presume (RP) |
| ʒ | жи́то, Ви́шгород,[1] безче́сний[3] | ⓘ, ⓘ, ⓘ | measure | N/a | |||
| Vowels | |||||||
| Stressed | Unstressed | ||||||
| IPA | Examples | English approximation | IPA | Examples | English approximation | ||
| ɑ | гай | ⓘ | father | ɐ | гарма́та | ⓘ | hug |
| ɛ | день, є | ⓘ, ⓘ | met | e | ефі́рний | ⓘ | rate |
| i | кіт, і́кла | ⓘ, [ˈiklɐ] | meet | i | біле́т | ⓘ | meet |
| ɪ | ми́ша | ⓘ | bit | ɪ | кра́сний[5] | ⓘ | bit |
| ɔ | по́ле, льон | ⓘ, [lʲɔn] | off | o | ору́дний | ⓘ | story |
| u | дух, лють | ⓘ, ⓘ | fool | ʊ | туди́ | ⓘ | put |
| Other symbols | |||||||
| IPA | Explanation | ||||||
| ˈ◌ | stress (placed before the stressed syllable) | ||||||
| ˌ◌ | secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable) | ||||||
| ◌ː | gemination (the consonant is pronounced twice as long)[6] | ||||||
| ◌⁽ʲ⁾ | optional nature of consonant palatalization before /i/ | ||||||