Aiuto:AFI/Occitan

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Occitan on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Occitan 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 consensus on the talk page first.

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

Unless otherwise noted, examples are in Languedocien. See Occitan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Occitan.

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	blau, vent, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) libertat	blunt
β	gravilh, libertat	between baby and bevy
d	domeni, mandra, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) unida	doom
dz	dotzen, (Auvergnat, Limousin) messatge, genolh, jovença	between buds and budge
dʒ	messatge, genolh, jovença	budge
ð	unida	that
f	fàcia	frank
ɡ	gròs, bilingüe, (Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) agradar, liguèron	gallon
ɣ	agradar, liguèron	between gold and ahold
k	caissa, quant, long	scanner
l	lièch, espatla, filh	long
ʎ	familha	bullion
m	mascle, ambedós	moment
n	natura, colomb, banh	need
ŋ	sang, banquièr	lung
ɲ	montanha	canyon
p	pichon	lisp
r	córrer, rascanhós	trilled r
ɾ	córrer, malaürós	atom (AmE)
s	solelh, amistós, servici, esboçar	between sip and ship
t	temps, sard	still
ts	trobairitz, accion, (Auvergnat, Limousin) chèc	between cats and catch
tʃ	nuechòla, chèc, freg	catch
z	musica, utilizar, esboçar	between zone and genre
Local consonants
h	(Gascon) hemna/femna	high
ʀ	(Provençal) Arle	French Arles
ʃ	(Auvergnat) servici, (Gascon) Fois	ship
v	(Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) vent	valid
ʒ	(Gascon) joenessa, (Provençal) age	genre

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	quatre, ànec, camaièu	father
e	fetge, embestiar, (Auvergnat, Limousin) mètge	say
ɛ	mètge, benlèu	sect
i	vitz, Loís	cease
ɔ	escòla, doás, (Auvergnat, Limousin) camaièu	off
u	Tolosa, soi, valorós	soup
y	luna, futur, bonaür, (Gascon) cuol	French rue, German Blüte
Local vowels
ə	(Auvergnat) fetge, embestiar	alike
o	(Limousin) còsta	sport (RP)
œ	(Auvergnat, Limousin, Provençal) fuèlha	blur
wɔ	(Auvergnat) pòrta, (Provençal) bòna	war

Semivowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
j	jòia, fièira, embestiar, luòc, (Limousin) familha	yes
w	clau, plòure, oèst, qüadragenari, (Gascon, Limousin, Provençal) mal	swallow
ɥ	uèlh, ambigüitat, (Auvergnat) ajuidar	between yet and wet; French nuit

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Examples	Explanation
ˈ	plaça [ˈplasɔ]	primary stress
ˌ	vertadièrament [beɾtaˌðjɛɾɔˈmen]	secondary stress
.	via [ˈbi.ɔ]	syllable break
ː	(Limousin) chastanhas [tsaːˈtaɲaː]	long vowel or geminated consonant

References

Balaguer, Claudi; Pojada, Patrici. Diccionari Català – Occità / Occitan – Catalan (per catalano and occitano).
Lavalade, Yves. Dictionnaire Occitan – Français (per francese and occitano).
Fettuciari, Jòrgi; Martin, Guiu; Pietri, Jaume. Diccionari Provençau – Francés (per occitano and francese).
Omelhièr, Cristian. Petiòt diccionari Occitan d'Auvèrnhe – Francés (per occitano and francese).
"CORRESPONDÉNCIAS FONETICAS" [Phonetic correspondences]. MonOccitània (per occitano).