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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Esperanto 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 Esperanto 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.

See Esperanto phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Esperanto.

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	bela	best
t͡s	enciklopedio celo	pizza
t͡ʃ	ĉar	cheese
d	devi	debt
f	fero	face
ɡ	gumo	go
d͡ʒ	ĝeni	Jane
h	havi	high
x	monaĥo ĥaoso	loch
j	jaro	you
ʒ	heredaĵo ĵurnalo	vision
k	kilo	keen
l	lerni	lean
m	mapo	mother
n	nazo	need
p	perlo	pearl
r	resti	far (Scottish English)
s	sekvi	sell
ʃ	ŝelko	shadow
t	teritorio	territory
v	valvo	valve
z	zinko	zinc

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	sana	father
e	bele	bell
i	vidi	seat
o	modo	more
u	ŝutu	shoot

Diphthongs
IPA	Examples	English approximation
ai̯	pajlo; gaja; veraj	bye
au̯	daŭri; naŭa; hodiaŭ	about
ei̯	vejno; lernejo	bay
eu̯	feŭdo; Eŭropo	go (Scouse)
oi̯	sojlo; vojo; kukoj	boy
ui̯	tuj; Francujo; kiuj	tui
ou̯	poŭpo; toŭfuo	no

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