Help:IPA for Slovak
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Slovak language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Slovak phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds.
| Consonants | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| b | byť, vstup do[1] | bill |
| c | radosť, loď[2] | stew (UK) |
| d | domov, prvýkrát bolo[1] | door |
| d͡z | hádzať, noc bez[1] | heads |
| d͡ʒ | džbán, cárovič bol[1] | job |
| f | farba, vták[3] | focus |
| ɡ | garáž, kde[1] | gate |
| ɦ | hlava | ahead |
| j | jogurt | yellow |
| ɟ | ďaleko, byť zaradený[1] | dew (UK) |
| k | koláč, ping-pong[2] | cold |
| l | láska | lack |
| l̩ | vlk | little |
| l̩ː | vĺča | little left (long) |
| ʎ | ľad | failure |
| m | maslo | milk |
| n | noc | now |
| ɲ | laň | canyon |
| ŋ | banka | singer |
| p | pavúk, dub[2] | spill |
| r | robot | similar to water (US) |
| r̩ | prst | |
| r̩ː | vŕba | Spanish perro |
| s | slnko, mráz[2] | six |
| ʃ | šach, rúž[2] | shell |
| t | tulipán, hlad[2] | stand |
| t͡s | cena, jedz[2] | bats |
| t͡ʃ | človek, hádž[2] | chase |
| v | vzrast,[3] Adolf bol[1] | vine |
| ʋ | sever[3] | between vine and wine |
| w | pravda, krv,[3] Tatrou | wine |
| x | chlieb, sneh | loch (Scottish) |
| z | zima, ananás bol[1] | zoo |
| ʒ | žena, Aleš bol[1] | fusion |
| Vowels | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| a | matka | art (US) |
| aː | ráno | father |
| e | drevo, mäso[4] | left |
| eː | fén | bed |
| i | tri, syr | kit |
| iː | písať, výr | leave |
| o | dom | thought (RP) |
| oː | móda | law (RP) |
| u | ruža | bull |
| uː | úroda | food |
| Diphthongs | ||
|---|---|---|
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent |
| ia | piaty | young |
| ie | viera | yes |
| iu | vyššiu | use |
| uo | stôl | water |
| IPA | Stress |
|---|---|
| ˈ | Primary stress always falls on the first syllable of a word. |
Notes
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Apart from being the main realization of the phonemes /b, d, dz, dʒ, ɡ, ɟ, z, ʒ/, [b, d, dz, dʒ, ɡ, ɟ, z, ʒ] also occur as allophones of /p, t, ts, tʃ, k, c, s, ʃ/ before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/. [v] also occurs as an allophone of /f/ in the same environment.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Apart from being the main realization of the phonemes /c, k, p, s, ʃ, t, ts, tʃ/, [c, k, p, s, ʃ, t, ts, tʃ] also occur as word-final allophones of /ɟ, ɡ, b, z, ʒ, d, dz, dʒ/, unless the following word beings with any of the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/ and is pronounced without a pause, in which case they are realized as voiced [ɟ, ɡ, b, z, ʒ, d, dz, dʒ].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The phones transcribed [f, v, ʋ, w] are allophones of a single /v/ phoneme (but note that [f, v] are also allophones of the /f/ phoneme):
• [f] occurs word-initially before the voiceless obstruents /p, t, c, k, tʃ, f, s, ʃ, x/;
• [v] occurs word-initially before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/;
• [w] or [ʋ] (in our transcriptions always represented as [w]) occur in the syllable coda;
• [ʋ] occurs in all other cases (Hanulíková & Hamann (2010:374)). - ↑ The vowel spelled ⟨ä⟩ used to be pronounced with the /æ/ phoneme, the usage of which has become rare and/or dialectal.
