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Help:IPA/Samoan

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Samoan 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 Samoan phonology for more detail on the sounds of Samoan.

Consonants
IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
f ʻelefane elephant
l[1] luko plate
m alomalala man
n fafine nine
ŋ fuga singer
p puaʻa spin
s Sāmoa sea
t[2] atua stone
v veve van
ʔ faʻa uh-oh
Marginal consonants
IPAExampleEnglish approximation
h ʻavapuhi hat
k keke cake
ɾ Fepuari AmE atom
w uaua war
Stress
IPAExampleEnglish approximation
ˈ Amerika [aˈmɛɾika] America
Vowels
IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
a aʻa AuE cut
ɑː tamā father
ɛ fale bed
eː lē IndE day
ɪ ivi pit
iː tagī key
o alofa chorus
ɔː malōlō law
ʊ galu look
uː kāgalū cool
Diphthongs
aʊ afolau house
aɪ laititi light
eɪ teine day
oʊ tou boat

Notes

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  1. ↑ /l/ becomes [ɾ] following back vowels /a, o, u/ and preceding /i/.
  2. ↑ Colloquially pronounced as [k].

See also

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