Help:IPA/Inuktitut

The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents Inuktitut 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 Inuit phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Inuktitut and other Inuit languages.

IPA Syllabics Examples English approximation Consonants + a + aː + i + iː + u + uː final h ᐦ u.qa.uh.iː.ti.ɣut hat p ᐸ ᐹ ᐱ ᐲ ᐳ ᐴ ᑉ taq.sa.liq.paːq.tut pig t ᑕ ᑖ ᑎ ᑏ ᑐ ᑑ ᑦ i.nuk.ti.tut tiger k ᑲ ᑳ ᑭ ᑮ ᑯ ᑰ ᒃ u.ka.li.ma.juq kid ɣ ᒐ ᒑ ᒋ ᒌ ᒍ ᒎ ᒡ u.qau.miŋ.ɣit Spanish trigo m ᒪ ᒫ ᒥ ᒦ ᒧ ᒨ ᒻ am.ma man n ᓇ ᓈ ᓂ ᓃ ᓄ ᓅ ᓐ a.naː.na now s ᓴ ᓵ ᓯ ᓰ ᓱ ᓲ ᔅ su.qu.siq.paː sit l ᓚ ᓛ ᓕ ᓖ ᓗ ᓘ ᓪ i.li like j ᔭ ᔮ ᔨ ᔩ ᔪ ᔫ ᔾ u.qau.si.ʁi.jau.juq you v ᕙ ᕚ ᕕ ᕖ ᕗ ᕘ ᕝ iv.vil.li very ʁ ᕋ ᕌ ᕆ ᕇ ᕈ ᕉ ᕐ ti.ti.ʁau.siq French rester q ᖃ ᖄ ᕿ ᖀ ᖁ ᖂ ᖅ aq.qa scar, but further back from throat; Semitic qāf ŋ ᖓ ᖔ ᖏ ᖐ ᖑ ᖒ ᖕ u.ju.ŋa sing (geminated) ŋː ᙵ ᙶ ᙱ ᙲ ᙳ ᙴ ᖖ tu.ŋːa.su.ɣit sing, but longer. ɬ ᖤ ᖥ ᖠ ᖡ ᖢ ᖣ ᖦ mi.lik.ɬu.ɣit Welsh: llwyd

IPA Syllabic Examples English approximation Vowels a ᐊ aq.qa between cat and bra (short) aː ᐋ a.taː.tan between cat and bra (long) i ᐃ i.nuk.ti.tut see (short) iː ᐄ u.qa.ti.si.liːt see (long) u ᐅ i.nu.it cool (short) uː ᐆ i.nuk.ti.tuː.suː.ŋu.vit cool (long) Syllables . Syllables are between dots. They can be: CVC, CV or V.

See also

• Category:Pages with Inuktitut IPA (56)