Help:IPA for Maltese
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Maltese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Maltese phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Maltese.
| IPA | Example | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| b | ballun | boy |
| d | dar | duck |
| d͡z | gazzetta | pads |
| d͡ʒ | ġelat | jail |
| f | fwieħa | four |
| ɡ | gallettina | game |
| ħ | ħadem | somewhat like hat; Arabic ḥāʾ (ح) |
| j | jum | yes |
| k | kelb | scar |
| l | libsa | look |
| m | mara | mole |
| n | nadif | no |
| p | paġna | spat |
| r | re | real, better (American English)[1] |
| s | saqaf | sow |
| ʃ | xadina | shell |
| t | tieqa | stake |
| t͡s | zokk | sits |
| t͡ʃ | ċavetta | chew |
| v | vaska | vet |
| w | warda | wall |
| z | żaqq | zoo |
| ʔ | Luqa | RP button; Hebrew aleph (א) |
| IPA | Example | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| ɐ | fatt | cut |
| ɐː | rani | father |
| ɛ | belt | met |
| ɛː | dehra | like head, but longer |
| ɪː | dik | like bid, but longer |
| ɪ | wisa | bit |
| iː | wied | need |
| ɔ | moħħ | got (RP) |
| ɔː | sod | core |
| uː | mur | pool |
| ʊ | kuntratt | look |
| IPA | Example | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| aɪ | ghajn ,ghid | light |
| eɪ | ghid | hate |
| oʊ | ghum | code |
| øʊ/ø: | ewwel | code(RP English/eu/oeu in french |
| aʊ | ghawn | how |
| oɪ | bojod | boy |
| IPA | Explanation |
|---|---|
| ◌ˤ | pharyngealised vowel |
| ◌ː | long vowel or geminate consonant; consonants occur both long and short word-medially and word-finally |
| . | syllable break |
| ˈ | stress |
Notes
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- ↑ The realization of the phoneme /r/ varies; some speakers pronounce it as an approximant [ɻ] virtually identical to that used for real in the western United States, while others pronounce it as a tap [ɾ], similar to the pronunciation of ⟨t⟩ and ⟨d⟩ between vowels in American and Australian English. When geminated, it may be pronounced as a lengthened approximant [ɻː], a tap [ɾ], or a trill [r].
