Help:IPA/Berber
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Berber languages 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.
In the interest of pan-Berber legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber 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 vet | B b, Ḇ ḇ | |
| ç | huge | K k, Ḵ ḵ | ⴽ |
| d | do | D d | ⴷ |
| dz | words | Zz zz | ⴷⵣ |
| dʒ | just | Ǧ ǧ | ⴵ |
| ð | this | D d, Ḏ ḏ | ⴷ |
| dˤ | Emphatic d, no English equivalent | Ḍ ḍ | ⴹ |
| f | fin | F f | ⴼ |
| ɡ | go | G g | ⴳ |
| ɣ | between get and ahead; Spanish amigo | Gh gh | ⵖ |
| h | hello | H h | ⵀ |
| ħ | like hat but pharyngeal; Arabic ḥijāb | Ḥ ḥ | ⵃ |
| j | yes | Y y | ⵢ |
| ʝ | like yes, but stronger | G g, Ǥ ǥ | ⴳ |
| k | scat | K k | ⴽ |
| l | let | L l | ⵍ |
| m | man | M m | ⵎ |
| n | no | N n | ⵏ |
| θ | bath | T t, Ṯ ṯ | ⵜ |
| q | like cap but uvular; Arabic al-Qurʾān | Q q | ⵇ |
| r | rolled r | R r | ⵔ |
| rˤ | Ṛ ṛ | ⵕ | |
| ʁ | French r | Gh gh, Ɣ ɣ, Γ γ | ⵖ |
| s | sun | S s | ⵙ |
| sˤ | Ṣ ṣ | ⵚ | |
| ʃ | ship | C c | ⵛ |
| t | stick | T t | ⵜ |
| tˤ | Ṭ ṭ | ⵟ | |
| ts | cats | Ţţ ţţ | ⵜⵙ |
| tʃ | China | Č č | ⵞ |
| w | weep | W w | ⵡ |
| ʷ | no English equivalent; labialization | sometimes ° | ⵯ |
| χ | Scottish loch | X x | ⵅ |
| z | zoo | Z z | ⵣ |
| zˤ | Ẓ ẓ | ⵥ | |
| ʒ | measure | J j | ⵊ |
| ʕ | no English equivalent; German für | Â â, Ɛ ɛ, 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 |