Help:IPA for Mayan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mayan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. This pronunciation guide is based on the phonology of Classic Maya, and is not valid for many contemporary Mayan languages.

IPA Examples English approximation Consonants ʔ ' the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop ɓ b' no English equivalent, somewhat like boy tʃ ch child tʃʼ ch' somewhat like child h h he x j loch k k skin kʼ k' somewhat like kin l l leave m m man n n noodle ŋ nh sing p p span pʼ p' somewhat like pan q q no English equivalent, somewhat like cut qʼ q' as above, but ejective r r' Spanish perro s s sack t t stand tʼ t' somewhat like tan tʲ ty no English equivalent, somewhat like Christian tʲʼ ty' as above, but ejective ts tz cats tsʼ tz' somewhat like cats w w wand ʃ x shoe j y yes

IPA Examples English approximation Vowels a a tar aː aa blah e e met eː ee pay i i city iː ii see o o Somewhat like go oː oo go u u somewhat like good uː uu food Stress ˈ Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab] This Orthography & Variant Orthography This One Variant Bakab, Chaahk Bacab, Chaac