IPA for Biscayan

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Biscayan pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.

IPA Examples nearest English equivalent
Consonants
b bellò ball
d d kind
d͡z adsorbèr ads
d͡ʒ dxinn jump
f franceso far
g glaç, gatò, guerra, ljengüa agree
k cançò, qui, qüator scanning
l lontra looking
ɫ alqué, el peel
ʎ filjó lure (some accents), tagliatelle (Italian)
m mondò meat
n na night
ŋ strânguèr, blanco sing
ɲ monjà canyon, banhar (Portuguese)
p piatà spoon
ɾ stérar, frecar free, palavra (Portuguese)
ʁ rrar, roxo révolution (French)
s sul, crassò sentence
ʃ xâsèr, proxo, corìx pushed
t terra, côctar started
t͡s ts cats
t͡ʃ txaljô cheeses
v viéxo aviary
z nasò, zéro zoo
ʒ gigantè, ljégeo, jocar pleasure
IPA Examples nearest English equivalent
Vowels
a antic, à stack, carro (Portuguese)
e té, luxer play, joué (French)
ɛ genjò, elè, pê bed
ə vemeljo, vetèr about
i ixir key (but shorter), fini (French)
o solò, sèco coat, eau (French)
ɔ célò, cô brawl (but shorter), słowo (Polish)
ø gostò jne (French)
œ beur, poer hut (Afrikaans)
u xuva you (but shorter), ou (French)
y lûna cute (Scottish), tuer (French)
Semi-vowels
ɥ nùerro nuit (French)
j graviò, traïar yawn
w ljengüa wink
Stress
ˈ Primary stress
ˌ Secondary stress