Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Tigrinya
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Tigrinya language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
The Tigrinya letters (ፊደላት) in the last charts have the consonants in rows and the vowels in columns. Each letter is represented by one consonant (or consonant cluster) and one vowel.
Vowels
Vowel Orders
IPA
Transliteration
English Approximation
First Order
ɐ
ä
bette r (sometimes a schwa )
Second Order
u
u
coo l
Third Order
i
i
sea t
Fourth Order
ä
a
Between fa t and fa ther[ 1]
Fifth Order
e
e
wa y
Sixth Order
ɨ
ə
Rose s
Seventh Order
o
o
sto ry
IPA
ɐ
u
i
ä
e
ɨ
o
English approximation
Transliteration
b
በ
ቡ
ቢ
ባ
ቤ
ብ
ቦ
B ed
b
d
ደ
ዱ
ዲ
ዳ
ዴ
ድ
ዶ
D ad
d
d͡ʒ
ጀ
ጁ
ጂ
ጃ
ጄ
ጅ
ጆ
J udge
ǧ, j
f
ፈ
ፉ
ፊ
ፋ
ፌ
ፍ
ፎ
F ar
f
ɡ
ገ
ጉ
ጊ
ጋ
ጌ
ግ
ጎ
G o
g
h
ሀ
ሁ
ሂ
ሃ
ሄ
ህ
ሆ
H ow
h
h
ኀ
ኁ
ኂ
ኃ
ኄ
ኅ
ኆ
h, ḫ
ħ
ሐ
ሑ
ሒ
ሓ
ሔ
ሕ
ሖ
No English equivalent
h, ḥ
j
የ
ዩ
ዪ
ያ
ዬ
ይ
ዮ
Y es
y
k
ከ
ኩ
ኪ
ካ
ኬ
ክ
ኮ
K ing
k
kʼ
ቀ
ቁ
ቂ
ቃ
ቄ
ቅ
ቆ
Sk i
ḳ
xʼ
ቐ
ቑ
ቒ
ቓ
ቔ
ቕ
ቖ
K ite
ḳh
l
ለ
ሉ
ሊ
ላ
ሌ
ል
ሎ
L et
l
m
መ
ሙ
ሚ
ማ
ሜ
ም
ሞ
M atch
m
n
ነ
ኑ
ኒ
ና
ኔ
ን
ኖ
N ow
n
ɲ
ኘ
ኙ
ኚ
ኛ
ኜ
ኝ
ኞ
Oni on
ñ
p
ፐ
ፑ
ፒ
ፓ
ፔ
ፕ
ፖ
P in
p
pʼ
ጰ
ጱ
ጲ
ጳ
ጴ
ጵ
ጶ
Upp er
p̣
ɾ ~ r
ረ
ሩ
ሪ
ራ
ሬ
ር
ሮ
Wat er SAE
r
s
ሰ
ሱ
ሲ
ሳ
ሴ
ስ
ሶ
S ight
s
s
ሠ
ሡ
ሢ
ሣ
ሤ
ሥ
ሦ
ś
tsʼ
ጸ
ጹ
ጺ
ጻ
ጼ
ጽ
ጾ
Pizz a
ṣ
tsʼ
ፀ
ፁ
ፂ
ፃ
ፄ
ፅ
ፆ
ṣ́
ʃ
ሸ
ሹ
ሺ
ሻ
ሼ
ሽ
ሾ
Sh ort
š
t
ተ
ቱ
ቲ
ታ
ቴ
ት
ቶ
T alk
t
t͡ʃ
ቸ
ቹ
ቺ
ቻ
ቼ
ች
ቾ
Ch urch
č
t͡ʃʼ
ጨ
ጩ
ጪ
ጫ
ጬ
ጭ
ጮ
Ach oo
č̣
tʼ
ጠ
ጡ
ጢ
ጣ
ጤ
ጥ
ጦ
St ick
ṭ
v
ቨ
ቩ
ቪ
ቫ
ቬ
ቭ
ቮ
V ault
v
x
ኸ
ኹ
ኺ
ኻ
ኼ
ኽ
ኾ
Scottish loch
x, kh
w
ወ
ዉ
ዊ
ዋ
ዌ
ው
ዎ
W alk
w
z
ዘ
ዙ
ዚ
ዛ
ዜ
ዝ
ዞ
Z oo
z
ʒ
ዠ
ዡ
ዢ
ዣ
ዤ
ዥ
ዦ
Pleas ure
ž
ʔ
አ
ኡ
ኢ
ኣ
ኤ
እ
ኦ
Uh- oh
ʾ , -
ʕ
ዐ
ዑ
ዒ
ዓ
ዔ
ዕ
ዖ
No English equivalent
ʿ, ʾ, -
Labiovelar Abugida
Notes
^ Closer to fa t in most British and Irish accents; closer to fa ther in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.
See also
Comparisons Introductory guides