Help:IPA/Berber

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Berber on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Berber in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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

In the interest of pan-Berber legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber varieties (notably Kabyle and Tarifit) between stops and fricatives.

Consonants
IPA	English approximation	Berber Latin letter	Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent
b	bed	B b	ⴱ
β	between bed and vet	B b, Ḇ ḇ	ⴱ
ç	huge	K k, Ḵ ḵ	ⴽ
d	do	D d	ⴷ
dz	words	Zz zz	ⴷⵣ
dʒ	just	Ǧ ǧ	ⴵ
ð	this	D d, Ḏ ḏ	ⴷ
dˤ	Emphatic d, no English equivalent	Ḍ ḍ	ⴹ
f	fin	F f	ⴼ
ɡ	go	G g	ⴳ
ɣ	between get and ahead; Spanish amigo	Gh gh	ⵖ
h	hello	H h	ⵀ
ħ	like hat but pharyngeal; Arabic ḥijāb	Ḥ ḥ	ⵃ
j	yes	Y y	ⵢ
ʝ	like yes, but stronger	G g, Ǥ ǥ	ⴳ
k	scat	K k	ⴽ
l	let	L l	ⵍ
m	man	M m	ⵎ
n	no	N n	ⵏ
θ	bath	T t, Ṯ ṯ	ⵜ
q	like cap but uvular; Arabic al-Qurʾān	Q q	ⵇ
r	rolled r	R r	ⵔ
rˤ	rolled r	Ṛ ṛ	ⵕ
ʁ	French r	Gh gh, Ɣ ɣ, Γ γ	ⵖ
s	sun	S s	ⵙ
sˤ	sun	Ṣ ṣ	ⵚ
ʃ	ship	C c	ⵛ
t	stick	T t	ⵜ
tˤ	stick	Ṭ ṭ	ⵟ
ts	cats	Ţţ ţţ	ⵜⵙ
tʃ	China	Č č	ⵞ
w	weep	W w	ⵡ
ʷ	no English equivalent; labialization	sometimes °	ⵯ
χ	Scottish loch	X x	ⵅ
z	zoo	Z z	ⵣ
zˤ	zoo	Ẓ ẓ	ⵥ
ʒ	measure	J j	ⵊ
ʕ	no English equivalent; German für	Â â, Ɛ ɛ, Σ ε	ⵄ

Vowels
IPA	English approximation	Berber Latin letter	Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent
æ	fat	A a	ⴰ
ə	about	E e	ⴻ
i	sheet	I i	ⵉ
ʊ	put	U u	ⵓ

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