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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mingrelian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
| Consonants |
| IPA |
Georgian |
Romanization |
English approximation |
| b |
ბ |
b |
bash |
| d |
დ |
d |
do |
| dz |
ძ |
j |
pads |
| dʒ |
ჯ |
ǰ |
hedge |
| ɡ |
გ |
g |
gate |
| ɣ |
ღ |
ḡ |
(ejective)[1]
French-like R |
| h |
ჰ |
h |
head |
| j |
ჲ |
y |
yell |
| kʼ |
კ |
k |
(ejective) [1] |
| k |
ქ |
k' |
can |
| l |
ლ |
l |
leaf |
| m |
მ |
m |
much |
| n |
ნ |
n |
not |
| pʼ |
პ |
p |
(ejective)[1] |
| p |
ფ |
p' |
pan |
| qʼ |
ყ |
q |
(ejective)[1] |
| r |
რ |
r |
road |
| s |
ს |
s |
sue |
| ʃ |
შ |
š |
shoe |
| tʼ |
ტ |
t |
(ejective)[1] |
| t |
თ |
t' |
table |
| tsʼ |
წ |
c |
(ejective)[1] |
| ts |
ც |
c' |
tsunami |
| tʃʼ |
ჭ |
č |
(ejective)[1] |
| tʃ |
ჩ |
č' |
choose |
| v |
ვ |
v |
van |
| x |
ხ |
x |
Bach |
| z |
ზ |
z |
zoo |
| ʒ |
ჟ |
ž |
vision |
| ʔ |
ჸ |
ʔ |
the glotal stop in uh-oh |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.
