◐ Shell
reader mode source ↗
Jump to content
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Macedonian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Macedonian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Macedonian.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b баба box
c ќерка, куќа cute or Turkish tekil
d дом dust
d͡z ѕвезда, ѕид birds
d͡ʒ џеб jab
f фалба, прв fact
ɡ гулаб, goo
ɟ ѓавол argue
j јас yes
k куќа, југ skill
l лимон leap
ʎ љубов Million
ɫ лук all
m море mocha
n нос north
ɲ бања canyon
ŋ банка sing
p пет, даб speak
r рака trilled r, like in Spanish
прст US: verb (trilled)
s стол salt, mask
ʃ шума sugar
t тајна, запад style
t͡s цар bats
t͡ʃ човек, беџ cheese
v вода view
ʋ сваќа vine (Indian English)
x херој loch (Scottish English)
z зима zoo
ʒ жолт pleasure
Marginal consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
ɫ̩ С’лп, монокл, ансамбл little
њутн button
w шоу, аугментација, резероар show
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a брат father
ɛ еден edge
i сив police
ɔ слон off
u убав pool
Marginal vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɤ касмет, Кшање sofa
Other symbols
IPA Description
ˈ Stress on the following syllable

Sources

[edit]
  • Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

See also

[edit]