Help:IPA/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. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Consonants
IPA Example English approximation
b ballun boy
d
dar duck
d͡z gazzetta pads
d͡ʒ ġelat jail
ʒ televixin vision
f fwieħa four
ɡ gallettina game
ħ ħadem hat or
Arabic arām حَرَامْ[1]
j jum yes
k kelb scar
l
libsa look
m mara mole
n
nadif no
p paġna spat
r
re real or American atom[2]
s saqaf sow
ʃ xadina shell
t
tieqa stake
t͡s zokk sits
t͡ʃ ċavetta chew
v vazun vet
w warda wall
z żaqq zoo
ʔ Luqa
Cockney
button
Vowels
IPA Example English approximation
ɐ fatt RP cut
ɐː rani somewhat like RP father
ɛ belt met
ɛː dehra hey
id beet
ɪ wisa' bit
ɪː wied bit but longer
ɔː sod Scottish no
ɔ moħħ Scottish no but shorter
mur pool
ʊ kuntratt look
Diphthongs
ɐɪ̯ għid right
ɐːɪ̯ għajn ride
ɛɪ̯ bejn rain
ɐʊ̯ għawm Scottish cow
ɐːʊ̯ Għawdex Scottish cow but longer
ɛʊ̯ jew Italian and Spanish Europa
ɔʊ̯ għum hole
ɔɪ̯ supereroj boy
Suprasegmentals
IPA Explanation
◌ˤ pharyngealised vowel
◌ː long vowel or geminate consonant
. syllable break
ˈ stress

Notes

  1. ^ Varies between [ħ~χ~h] depending on the speaker.
  2. r
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References

  • Hume, Elizabeth (1996). "Coronal consonant, front vowel parallels in Maltese". Natural Language & Linguistic Theory. 14 (1): 163–203.

See also