Help:IPA for Kouri-Vini

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.

Consonants Kouri-Vini orthography IPA Examples English approximation b b bébé best ch tʃ chué channel d d dèlta delta dj dʒ djab jam f f fiy fan g ɡ gémm game h h hont ham j ʒ joué leisure k k kouri kyte l l lékòl lamb m m mamm mother n n nòr north ñ ɲ mañè jalapeño p p popa part r r initial position: rou none; tip of tongue hits the ridge of the mouth and airflow from the back of the throat pushes threw to lower the tongue's tip r ɾ middle position followed by vowel: Enriyèt; final position: shar (American English) better; cod r ʳ middle position followed by consonant: parlé quarter s, ç s sé, gaçon six sh ʃ shvé shin t t tenn tender v v vendé van w w wé win y j yé yellow z z zozo zebra

Vowels Kouri-Vini orthography IPA Examples English approximation a a,ɑ akoté, twa bra æ æ frær (American English) bat e ø de cut é e péyé pay è ɛ fèt festival i i bizé sheet ì ɪ babìnn tin o o oté open ò ɔ nouzòt caught œ œ kœr German Hölle ou u fou you u y barbu (Scottish and Australian English) too Nasal vowels an, am, en, em ã endan, tem French Jean in, im ɛ̃ mattin, fim French bien on, om ɔ̃ mouton, bomb French bon un, um œ̃ lundi French un Nasal vowels followed by /n/ and /m/ enn,ònn ã+n venn, banònn n/a anm, enm ã+m Madanm, fenm n/a ènn ɛ̃+n balènn French Cayenne inm ɛ̃+m l batinm n/a onn ɔ̃+n Karltonn French bonne unn œ̃+n kékunn n/a Oral vowels followed by /n/ and /m/ ann a+n banann can amm a+m Madamm ham inn i+n mashinn machine ìnn ɪ+n Katrìnn inn ìmm ɪ+m Maksìmm dim unn ø+n kékunn under

References

• Landry, Christophe, Cliford St. Laurent, Michael Gisclair (2016). "Kouri-Vini Orthography Guide". Louisiana Historic & Cultural Vistas. Retrieved January 17, 2016.