Help:IPA/Welsh

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Welsh 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 Welsh phonology and Welsh orthography for a more thorough look at the sounds of Welsh.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximations b bach, cwbl, mab be d dydd, cadw, tad do dʒ joio, garej, diengyd (colloquial) just ð ddoe, deuddeg, bedd wither f ffenest, ei phen, cyffro, corff find ɡ glân, cegin, cig get h haul, gwahanol have j iaith, geiriadur you k cig, acw, ac sky, cool l leicio, Alban, bol like ɬ llaw, cyllell No English equivalent; similar to the voiceless l in please but with considerably more friction m mab, cymaint, dim me m̥ fy mhen, ym Mhen-y-bont me but whispered n nerth, anadlu, gwyn no n̥ fy nhad, yn Nhywyn no, but whispered ŋ fy ngwely, trengi, rhwng thing ŋ̊ fy nghŵn, yng Nghymru thing but whispered p pen, copa, map open r radio, garw, dŵr right but trilled r̥ rhestr, anrheg right but trilled and whispered s Saesnes, swsus see ʃ siarad, siop, brwsh she t tatws, at stop tʃ tsieini, wats chance θ thus, athro, peth think v faint, afal, arf very w wedyn, ei wraig, gwlân was χ chwaer, tuchan, bwlch Scottish loch but farther back

Vowels Monophthongs IPA Examples English approximations NW SW a sant, pàs pasta (in an American accent) aː mab, sâl pasta but longer ɛ perth, mès well eː peth, trên Scottish may ə cymydog, rỳg about ɪ ɪ tipyn, sgìl it ɨ punt, gwyn roses iː iː hir, tîm be ɨː llun, bûm, rhy, tŷ roses but longer ɔ bron, glòs off oː bro, ôl raw ʊ cwm, mẁg put uː cwch, dŵr pool Diphthongs ai ai tai eye aɨ cau, nesáu pie aːɨ hael, cae Yael aːi Cymraeg au llaw around ɛu llew Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Europa ɛi ɛi Seisnig pain eɨ gwneud, Saesneg əu bywyd Received Pronunciation toe ɪu ɪu lliw Cockney till ɨu Duw, menyw ɔi ɔi osgoi boy ɔɨ coeden soil ʊɨ ʊi mwy, gŵyl Louie

Other symbols used in transcription of Welsh pronunciation
IPA	Explanation
ˈ	Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable, for example cymydog [kəˈmədɔɡ])

See also

• Welsh orthography
• Category:Pages with Welsh IPA (871)