The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Brittainese pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.
| IPA |
Examples |
(nearest English) equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
brace
|
bear
|
| d
|
dreit
|
dawn
|
| ð
|
claidh
|
this
|
| d͡ʒ
|
journ
|
jab
|
| f
|
femn
|
flag
|
| g
|
grenn
|
good
|
| h
|
ḥantar
|
haunt
|
| k
|
cavalls
|
scar
|
| l
|
loubs
|
light
|
| m
|
madr
|
man
|
| n
|
nomm
|
new
|
| p
|
pans
|
spar
|
| ɾ
|
oreil
|
better (in some dialects; a flap)
|
| s
|
sorr
|
sweet
|
| ʃ
|
pesce
|
shield
|
| t
|
terr
|
star
|
| θ
|
thermométr
|
thermometer
|
| t͡ʃ
|
vouce, chentar
|
cheese
|
| v
|
viveir
|
violin
|
| z
|
rasar
|
zebra
|
| ʒ
|
vision
|
vision
|
|
| IPA |
Examples |
(nearest English) equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
brace
|
haber (Spanish)
|
| ɑ
|
pârl
|
father (short)
|
| ɐ
|
amar
|
wird (German)
|
| ɛ
|
femn
|
leg
|
| e
|
seis (long)
|
dres (Received pronunciation)
|
| ə
|
comenchar
|
pronunciation
|
| i
|
isl (long)
|
meet (short)
|
| o
|
scol (long)
|
note (American English), eau (French)
|
| ɔ
|
aug
|
cloth
|
| u
|
journ
|
boot (short)
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
liorar
|
yawn
|
| w
|
wasp
|
wasp
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Primary stress
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress
|
| :
|
Long vowel
|
|
|