Help:IPA for Bulgarian and Macedonian
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian and Standard Macedonian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
When two examples are given, the first is in Bulgarian and the second in Macedonian. When a word has the same spelling in both languages, or when the sound does not occur in one language, only one example is given.
English approximations are in some cases very rough, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Bulgarian phonology and Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds.
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
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| b | баба | box | |
| c | кьопоолу,[1] ќар | cute | |
| d | дом | dust | |
| dz | дзифт, ѕвезда | birds | |
| dʒ | джем, џем | jab | |
| f | филм | fact | |
| ɡ | гарван | good | |
| ɟ | гяур,[1] ѓавол | argue | |
| j | сойка, пајак | yes | |
| k | къща, куќа | skill | |
| l | лимон | leap | |
| ɫ | лош | all | |
| ʎ | любов | million | |
| m | море | mocha | |
| n | нос | north | |
| ɲ | баня, бања | canyon | |
| ŋ | банка | sing | |
| p | пет | speak | |
| r | работа | trilled r, like in Spanish | |
| r̩ | прст | US: verb (trilled) | |
| s | стол | salt, mask | |
| ʃ | шума | sugar | |
| t | тайна, тајна | style | |
| ts | цар | bats | |
| tʃ | чай, чај | cheese | |
| v | вода | view | |
| x | хартия, хартија | loch (Scotland) | |
| z | зима | zoo | |
| ʒ | жълт, жолт | pleasure | |
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| ɫ̩ | Попокатепетл | little | |
| n̩ | њутн | button | |
| ɣ | видях го | between go and ahold | |
| ç | Хюз | huge | |
| w | уиски | water | |
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| a | брат | father | |
| ɤ | кът | plus (General American, Scotland) | |
| ɛ | цена | edge | |
| i | сив | police | |
| ɔ | слон | body (General British), border (General American) | |
| u | хубав, убав | pool | |
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| ɐ | щерка, камък | butter | |
| o | нещо, уста | thought(General British), coat (Scotland, General American) | |
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
|---|---|---|---|
B |
M |
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| ə | к’смет | sofa | |
| IPA | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|
B |
M |
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| ˈ | Denotes stress on the following syllable | |
| ˌ | Denotes secondary stress on the following syllable | |
| ◌ʲ | Denotes palatalization of the preceding consonant | |
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Жобов, Владимир (2004), Звуковете в българския език
- Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje
- Scatton, Ernest A. (1984), A reference grammar of modern Bulgarian
