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Revision as of 04:13, 28 May 2010

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Italian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Italian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Italian.

Consonants[1]
IPA Examples English approximation
b banca, cibo bike
d dunque, idra done
dz zulù, zelare dads
giungla, fingere, pagina jab
f fatto, fosforo fast
ɡ gatto, agro, ghetto gas
j scoiattolo, proprio, insieme yes
k cavolo, acuto, anche scar
l pala, lato lip
ʎ[2] gli, glielo, fargli million
m mano, amare, campo, anfibio[3] mother
n nano, punto, pensare nest
ŋ[3] fango, unghia, panchina sing
ɲ[2] gnomo, gnocco canyon
p piano, ampio, proprio spin
r Roma, quattro, morte a "rolled R"
s sano, censimento, scatola, presentire sorry
ʃ[2] scena, scimmia, sciame ship
t mito, tranne, alto star
ts zio, canzone, marzo cats
cinque, ciao, facevo chip
v vado, povero vent
z asma, sbavare, presentare zipper
Other symbols used for Italian
IPA Example Explanation
ˈ Cennini [tʃenˈniːni] Stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
ː primo [ˈpriːmo] Long vowel
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
Monophthongs
a alto, sarà father
e edicola, perché pay
ɛ elica, cioè bed
i imposta, colibrì see
o ombra, posso no (some dialects)[4]
ɔ otto, posso, sarò law
u ultimo, caucciù too
Diphthongs
ai avrai tie
ei quei bay
ɛi andrei, sei
oi noi, voivoda boy
ɔi suoi, poi
au pausa now
eu Europa, feudale
ɛu ermeneutico, reuma
ja piano, chiarore yard
je chierico, pensieroso yes
ieri, siepe
jo fiore, secchio yoke (some dialects)
pioggia, ionico yawn (RP), yore (GA)
ju p, iucca fued
wa guado, quando wash
we quello, questione wait
guerra, questua wet
wi qui, pinguino weed
wo liquore, vuotare quote
vuoto, suocero
  1. ^ Between vowels and/or sonorants, Italian consonants can be geminated. This can be represented in IPA by doubling the consonant: [ˈfatto] [ˈmaddʒo], but is sometimes transcribed with the length marker ‹ ː ›.
  2. ^ a b c /ʎ/, /ɲ/, and /ʃ/ are always geminated word-internally.
  3. ^ a b The nasals always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, the n in /ng/ is a velar [ŋ], the realization before /v/ or /f/ is a labiodental [ɱ] (though this is transcribed here as [m]), and only [m] is found before /p/ and /b/.
  4. ^ Equal to the French "beau".

See also