The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Romansh phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Romansh.
| Consonants |
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| b |
bun; bler |
bike |
| d |
dent; dubel |
done |
| dʑ[1] |
agid; jet |
similar to the /dʒ/ in jab |
| f |
fitg; flad; clav |
fast |
| ɡ |
gat; galant |
gas |
| k |
carr; architect; aug; kiosc; quai |
scar |
| l |
lavar; milli; val |
lip |
| ʎ |
egl; glieud; bigliet |
roughly like million |
| m |
milli; um |
mother |
| n |
nanin; onns |
nest |
| ŋ |
lung; lunga |
sing |
| ɲ |
bogn; gnerv |
roughly like canyon |
| p |
palpiri; appartament; verb |
spin |
| r[2] |
radical; carr; meglra |
roughly like water (American English) |
| s |
vossa; nus |
sorry |
| ʃ |
schanza; glisch; puspè; scopo |
ship |
| t |
teater; ti; agid |
star |
| ts |
cifra; bellezza; zunt |
cats |
| tɕ[3] |
chasa; tge |
similar to the /k/ in key |
| tʃ |
Rumantsch |
chip |
| v |
grava; watt |
vent |
| z |
casa; rosa |
zipper |
| ʒ |
sbagl; Svizra; branscha; Grischun |
measure |
| Semivowels |
| j |
juvel; Italia; yak |
you |
| w |
quel; ual; walkman |
wine |
| Marginal consonant |
| h[4] |
haluncs; hobi |
hat |
| Dialectal consonant |
| ç[5] |
amih |
hue |
|
| Vowels |
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| a |
banc; clav |
roughly like father |
| ə ~ ɐ[6] |
casa; mellen |
comma or roughly like gut |
| e |
bler; pér |
roughly like pay |
| ɛ |
è; pèr |
bed |
| i |
ti; istoric |
see |
| o |
biro; ovra |
roughly like law (British English) |
| ɔ |
pom; toc |
not |
| u[7] |
bun; udir |
too |
| Dialectal vowels[8] |
| ø |
chaschöl |
roughly like hurt |
| y |
tü |
roughly like cute (American English) |
| |
| Suprasegmentals |
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| ˈ |
comba [ˈkɔmbɐ] |
bottle |
| ˌ |
libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin] |
intonation |
| . |
gïun [dʒi.ˈun] |
moai |
| ː |
dar [daːr] |
long vowel |
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- ^ Also transcribed as a palatal stop [ɟ] by some Romansh linguists
- ^ Some speakers from some dialects pronounce [ʁ].
- ^ Also transcribed as [c] by some Romansh linguists
- ^ Only found in interjections and loanwards.
- ^ Only found in some dialects.
- ^ This pronunciation varies between these two realizations.
- ^ In some dialects in some cases it's pronounced [o] or [ʊ].
- ^ These vowels are only found in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German words.
