Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Fijian
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Indigenous Fijian 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.
| Consonants
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| IPA |
Orthography |
English approximation |
Fijian example
|
| β
|
v
|
vase, but with both lips
|
vinaka (/βi.na.ka/)
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| j
|
y (often silent)
|
yes
|
yaqona (/jaˈᵑɡona/
|
| f[1]
|
f[2]
|
father
|
(/fa.ða/
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| ð
|
c
|
then
|
moce (/mo.ðe/)
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| h
|
h[2]
|
hello
|
|
| k
|
k
|
sky
|
kakua (/ka.ku.a/)
|
| l
|
l
|
less
|
liu (/li̯u/)
|
| m
|
m
|
mum
|
me (/me/
|
| mb
|
b
|
number
|
bula (/ᵐbu.la/
|
| n
|
n
|
noon
|
na (/na/
|
| nd
|
d
|
and
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Nadi (/ˈnan.di/)
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| ɳɖ
|
nr
|
Above, but with the tongue curled or pulled back
|
|
| ndʒ
|
j, di ([ndʒi]), z
|
inɡenious
|
ziza [ndʒi.ndʒa]
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| ŋ
|
g
|
song
|
turaga (/tu.ra.ŋa/)
|
| ŋɡ
|
q
|
finger
|
Voreqe (/βoˈreŋ.ɡe/)
|
| p
|
p[2]
|
play
|
pusi (/pu.si/
|
| r
|
r
|
(trilled)
|
Ositerelia (/o.si.te.re.li.a)
|
| s
|
s
|
sister
|
Suva (/su.βa/)
|
| t
|
t
|
stop
|
Lautoka (/lɔu̯.to.ka/)
|
| tʃ
|
j, ti ([tʃi])
|
church, venture
|
Josaia (/tʃoˈsɛi.a/), Viti (/βitʃi/)
|
| ɰ
|
w
|
between Spanish fuego and water
|
Wiliame (/ɰi.li.am.e/)
|
| Stress
|
| IPA |
Example |
Note
|
| ˈ
|
siga [ˈsiŋa],
cauravou [ðɔuraˈβou]
|
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the final vowel is short,
on the final syllable if it has a long vowel or a diphthong.
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Orthography |
English approximation
|
| a
|
a
|
cat
|
| aː
|
| e
|
e
|
pet
|
| eː
|
| i
|
i
|
seat
|
| iː
|
| o
|
o
|
more
|
| oː
|
| u
|
u
|
cool
|
| uː
|
| Diphthongs
|
| ei
|
ei
|
American may
|
| eu
|
eu
|
go (some dialects[a]); Spanish Europa
|
| ɛi
|
ai
|
RP, Aus, NZ may
|
| iu
|
iu
|
few
|
| oi
|
oi
|
coy
|
| ou
|
ou
|
American goal
|
| ɔu
|
au
|
RP, Aus, NZ goal
|
|
Notes
- ^ These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American English, Northern England English, Welsh English, Scottish English and Irish English, have no close equivalent vowel.
- ^ Sounds /f/, /h/, /p/ used only in loanwords and certain dialects
- ^ a b c Only in loanwords
See also
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