Help:IPA/Lakota

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b bló about tʃ wašíču check tʃʰ héčhena choose tʃʼ šič’éši check, but with a pause afterwards g ógle again ʁ ǧí Northumbrian burr h wóžuha hat x ȟóta Spanish jota k ská skin k’ k’éyaš skin, but with a pause afterwards kʰ wakhéya cab kˣ wakȟáŋ like cab, but sharper l hokšíla life m makȟá man n iná not p tópa spot pʰ ophíye pot pˣ pȟeží like pot, but sharper p’ p’ó spot, but with a pause afterwards s tiyospaye sun ʃ tóške shoe t witkó stand t’ t’élanuwela stand, but with a pause afterwards tʰ mathó torn tˣ tȟáwa like torn, but sharper w tuwá well j wíŋyaŋ yes z wazí zip ʒ maǧážu measure

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation a akézaptaŋ hat ɛ iye bed ɪ iš bit ɔ kȟolá thought ʊ táku push ə̃ waŋží huh ɪ̃ siŋtésapela bit, but nasalized ʊ̃ uŋkiye push, but nasalized

References

• Ingham, Bruce. Lakota (Languages of the World).

See also

• Category:Pages with Lakota IPA (3)