This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Corsican on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Corsican in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing
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Consonants
IPA
Examples
English approximation
b b abb u; p orta; v ai
b ike
c chj osu; machj a
sk ew
d d ormi; t ettu
d one
dz z itellu; pranz u
dads
dʒ gi oia; piac e
j ab
ɖ edd u; coradd u; stadd a
d ine (Indian English )
ð [ 1] d onna; strad a
th is
f f ora; goff u
f ast
ɡ [ 2] g attu; butteg a; ringh era; foc u
g as
ɟ [ 3] ghj ornu; oghj e
arg ue
k c orsu; bocc a; ch i; q uale; k iwi
sc ar
l [ 4] l atru; ell u
l ip
ʎ famigli a; agli u
roughly like milli on
m m ele; m ama a; cam pu [ 5] m other
ɱ in fini[ 5]
some value
n n eve; cenn u
n est
ŋ cin que; rin ghera[ 5]
sing
ɲ bisogn u; castagn u
roughly like cany on
p p esciu; p orgu; casp a
sp in
r r asoghju; ferr u; per si
Trilled r , Spanish : perr o
s [ 6] s eccu; s trada; quess u
s orry
ʃ sc effu; pesci u
sh ip
t t utt u; att ent u
st ar
ts z appatu; lazz a
cats
tʃ c ecu; c i
ch ip
v serv ici; av iò: f rittu; w att
v ent
z cas a
z ipper
ʒ sgi ò; brusg era
meas ure
Semivowels
j pi ù; mei u, gabbi a; Ai acciu; y acht
y ou
w qu ale; gu erra; nev e; b asta; w eek-end
w ine
Vowels
IPA
Examples
English approximation
a [ 7] a rma ; serà
roughly like fa ther
e [ 8] e le ttu; me iu
roughly like pa y
ɛ [ 8] è pica; te rra
be d
i i ; mì
see
o o ra; giò vani
sto ry
ɔ aviò
o ff
u u ; più
too
Suprasegmentals
IPA
Examples
English approximation
ˈ làm pana [ˈlampana]
bo ttle
ˌ pru piamen te [ˌprupjaˈmente]
in tona tion
. via [ˈwi.a]
moai
↑ In some dialects, it is omitted or pronounced Template:IPAblink .
↑ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
↑ Sometimes pronounced Template:IPAblink .
↑ In some dialects, it is pronounced Template:IPAblink .
↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 A nasal consonant always assimilates its place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, before /g/ or /k/ , it is velar ŋ /v/ or /f/ , it is labiodental ɱ m /p/ or /b/ .
↑ In some dialects, it is pronounced Template:IPAblink before Template:IPAblink .
↑ In some dialects, it is pronounced Template:IPAblink .
↑ 8,0 8,1 In some dialects, it is pronounced Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink .
