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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Insular Catalan
The charts below show the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) representations of Insular Catalan pronunciations (Balearic , which includes Ibizan, Majorcan and Minorcan, and Alguerese ). For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
Standard Catalan phonemes, in bold, are followed by their most common phonetic values and their respective occurrence amongst the Insular Catalan dialects.
Except for complex clusters, examples in the charts are spelled in Standard Catalan.
IPA Consonants
Phoneme
B A Examples
English approximation
Ib. Ma. Mi.
/b
b b ellab ans b est
/d d ð d d racd oor
ð ɾ fred a oth er US at om
/dz
dz realitz a setz e ex amen Ma. and Mi. )
adz e
/dʒ
dʒ mitj à viatg e j eep
/f
f f orçaprov f ace
/ɡ ɡ ɣ ɡ ɡ ɡ g uantg ot
ɟ g asg otrest of B & A ) / RP d ueMa. )
ɣ ʝ ɣ llogu er between g otand h otrest of B & A ) / d'y ouMa. )
ɣ iog urt between g otand h ot
/k
k k k c orLlach sc an
c c assc an rest of B & A ) / st ew Ma. )
/l
l l l acamal pil e
ɾ mal a pil e B ) / US at om A )
w l al bercoc cow B ) / pil e A )
/ʎ
ʎ ʎ ll accell a billi on
l ball billi on B ) / pil e A )
j l ball s oil y B ) / pil e A )
/m
m m eucom te m ode
ɱ lim fa lym ph
/n
n n eun ote
/ŋ
ŋ san g ring
/ɲ
ɲ ɲ ny euoni on
n any oni on n ote
j n any s poin t B ) / n oteA )
/p
p p ordub te sp an
/r
r r uchonr a Scots r ook
corr corro C / córrec V )
/ɾ
ɾ tr uc hor a per US at om
/s
s s etes tà feliç s ick
/ʃ
ʃ x ecsh ip
guix
/i ʃ
caix a
/t
t t errafred Th aist and
/ts
ts pots er acc ió caps a fix Ma. and Mi. )
cats
/tʃ
tʃ tx ecmig ch eap
j vaig veure boy
/v
v v ellav anç v est
/z
z z eles ma z ebra
/(d ʒ
ʒ dʒ j arest of B & A ), j ocg espag enreB ) / j eepA )
dʒ vaig entrar j eep
IPA Syllabic consonants
/l
l̩ arregl arreglo C / arregle V )
wrinkle
/ɾ
ɾ̩ compr compro C / compre V )
US camper
IPA Marginal consonants
/h
h eh em h ot
/θ
θ th etaLópez th ing
/x
x kh arjaBach Scots loch
IPA Semivowels
Phoneme
B A Examples
English approximation
Ib. Ma. Mi.
/j
j i odej aIb. )
y oung
/w
w qu atre prov Ma. )
qu ick
IPA Vowels
Phoneme
B A Examples
English approximation
Ib. Ma. Mi.
/a
a a a ana r mà fa ther
æ ca sa sa c ba t
ə a casa a naralpha B ) / fa ther A )
/ɛ
ɛ se t pe t
/ə (*)
ə e se c alpha B ) / fa ce A )
/e
a e ntensalpha B ) / fa ther A )
i naixe ment alpha B ) / mee t A )
e sé c fa ce
/i
i i si c mee t
a i nserirmee t B ) / fa ther (A )
/ɔ
ɔ so c o ff
/o
o o o só c mo lt sto ry
u u a ho spital ru le rest of B ).sto ry Ma. ) / fa ther A )
u o ratgeru le rest of B & A ) / sto ry Ma. )
/u
u su c du es ru le
IPA Marginal vowels
(/œ
œ amateu r bir d RP
(/y
y déjà vu cu te
IPA Suprasegmentals
Phoneme
B A Examples
English approximation
Ib. Ma. Mi.
ˈ ˈ Ai na[ˈainə] (B ) / [ˈaina] (A )
primary stress
ˌ ˌ Bell ver[ˌbeʎˈvə] (B ) / [ˌbelˈve] (A )
secondary stress
. . Badia [bəˈði.ə] (B ) / [baˈɾi.a] (A )
syllable break
ː ː Gemm a [ˈʒemːə] (B ) / [ˈdʒemːa] (A )
long consonant/vowel
IPA Other representations
( )
( )
Camp s [ˈkam(p)s] (B / A )
optional sound
(*) Stressed /ə/ corresponds to /ɛ/ in Central Catalan and /e/ in Western Catalan.
Lloret, Maria-Rosa, The phonological role of paradigms: The case of insular Catalan , Barcelona: University of Barcelona Serra, Pep (2016), Territorial singularity reflected on a linguistic particularity: about a regressive assimilation in insular Catalan , Girona: University of Girona, ISSN 1616-413X El català de l'Alguer: un model d'àmbit restringit , Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC), 2003
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