Help:IPA for Berber
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Berber language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
In the interest of pan-dialectal legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber language varieties (notably Kabyle and Tarifit) between stops and fricatives.
| IPA | English approximation | Berber Latin letter | Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| b | bed | B b | ⴱ |
| β | between bed and wavy | B b, ḇ | |
| ç | huge | K k, ḵ | ⴽ |
| d | do | D d | ⴷ |
| dz | in words | zz | - |
| dʒ | just | Ǧ ǧ | ⴵ |
| ð | this | D d, ḏ | ⴷ |
| ðˤ | this | Ḍ ḍ | ⴹ |
| f | fin | F f | ⴼ |
| ɡ | go | G g | ⴳ |
| ɣ | no English equivalent | gh | ⵖ |
| h | hello | H h | ⵀ |
| ħ | no English equivalent | Ḥ ḥ | ⵃ |
| j | yes | Y y | ⵢ |
| ʝ | yes | G g, ǥ | ⴳ |
| k | cat | K k | ⴽ |
| l | let | L l | ⵍ |
| m | man | M m | ⵎ |
| n | no | N n | ⵏ |
| θ | bath | T t, ṯ | ⵜ |
| q | no English equivalent | Q q | ⵇ |
| r | rolled r | R r | ⵔ |
| rˤ | no English equivalent | Ṛ ṛ | ⵕ |
| ʁ | French r | Gh gh, Ɣ ɣ or Γ γ | ⵖ |
| s | sun | S s | ⵙ |
| sˤ | sun | Ṣ ṣ | ⵚ |
| ʃ | ship | C c | ⵛ |
| t | stick | T t | ⵜ |
| tˤ | no English equivalent | Ṭ ṭ | ⵟ |
| ts | cats | ţţ | - |
| tʃ | chin | Č č | ⵛ |
| w | weep | W w | ⵡ |
| ʷ | (labialization) no English equivalent | (sometimes °) | ⵯ |
| χ | (Scottish) loch | X x | ⵅ |
| z | zoo | Z z | ⵣ |
| zˤ | zoo | Ẓ ẓ | ⵥ |
| ʒ | measure | J j | ⵊ |
| ʕ | no English equivalent | Â â, Ɛ ɛ or Σ ε | ⵄ |
| IPA | English approximation | Berber Latin letter | Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| æ | fat | A a | ⴰ |
| ə | about | E e | ⴻ |
| i | sheet | I i | ⵉ |
| ʊ | put | U u | ⵓ |
