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The charts below show the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) representations of Insular Catalan pronunciations (Balearic, which includes Ibizan, Majorcan and Minorcan, and Alguerese). For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-cadia}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters § Notes.
Key for Insular Catalan
Standard Catalan phonemes, in bold, are followed by their most common phonetic values and their respective occurrence amongst the Insular Catalan dialects.
Except for complex clusters, examples in the charts are spelled in Standard Catalan.
IPA |
Consonants |
Phoneme |
B |
A |
Examples |
English approximation |
Ib. |
Ma. |
Mi. |
/b/ |
b |
bell, abans |
best |
/d/ |
d |
drac |
door |
ð |
ɾ |
freda |
there / US atom |
/dz/ |
dz |
dz |
setze |
adze |
z |
realitza |
zebra (B) / adze (A) |
/dʒ/ |
dʒ |
mitjà, viatge |
jeep |
/f/ |
f |
força, prov |
face |
/ɡ/ |
ɡ |
ɡ |
ɡ |
guant |
got |
ɟ |
gas |
got (rest of B & A) / RP due (Ma.) |
ɣ |
ʝ |
ɣ |
lloguer |
between got and hot (rest of B & A) / d'you (Ma.) |
ɣ |
iogurt |
between got and hot |
/k/ |
k |
k |
k |
cor |
scan |
c |
cas |
scan (rest of B & A) / stew (Ma.) |
/l/ |
l |
l |
laca, mal |
pile |
ɾ |
mala |
pile (B) / US atom (A) |
/ʎ/ |
ʎ |
ʎ |
llac, cella |
billion |
l |
ball |
billion (B) / pile (A) |
jl |
balls |
oily (B) / pile (A) |
/m/ |
m |
meu, comte |
mode |
ɱ |
limfa |
lymph |
/n/ |
n |
neu |
note |
/ŋ/ |
ŋ |
sang, víking |
ring |
/ɲ/ |
ɲ |
ɲ |
nyeu |
onion |
n |
any |
onion / note |
jn |
anys |
point (B) / note (A) |
/p/ |
p |
por, dubte |
span |
/r/ |
r |
ruc, honra |
Scots rook |
corr (corro C / córrec V) |
/ɾ/ |
ɾ |
truc, hora, per |
US atom |
/s/ |
s |
set, està, feliç |
sick |
/ʃ/ |
ʃ |
xec |
ship |
guix |
/iʃ/ |
caixa |
/t/ |
t |
terra, fred |
stand |
/ts/ |
ts |
potser |
cats |
/tʃ/ |
tʃ |
txec, mig |
cheap |
j |
vaig |
young |
/v/ |
v |
vell, avanç |
vest |
/z/ |
z |
zel, esma |
zebra |
/(d)ʒ/ |
ʒ |
dʒ |
ja (rest of B & A), joc, gespa |
genre (B) / jeep (A) |
dʒ |
vaig entrar |
jeep |
IPA |
Syllabic consonants |
/l/ |
l̩ |
arregl (arreglo C / arregle V) |
wrinkle |
/ɾ/ |
ɾ̩ |
compr (compro C / compre V) |
US camper |
IPA |
Marginal consonants |
/h/ |
h |
ehem |
hot |
/θ/ |
θ |
theta, López |
thing |
/x/ |
x |
kharja, Bach |
Scots loch |
|
IPA |
Semivowels |
Phoneme |
B |
A |
Examples |
English approximation |
Ib. |
Ma. |
Mi. |
/j/ |
j |
iode, ja (Ib.) |
young |
/w/ |
w |
quatre, prov (Old Ma.) |
quick |
|
IPA |
Vowels |
Phoneme |
B |
A |
Examples |
English approximation |
Ib. |
Ma. |
Mi. |
/a/ |
a |
a |
a |
anar, mà |
father |
æ |
casa, sac |
bat |
ə |
a |
casa, anar |
alpha (B) / father (A) |
/ɛ/ |
ɛ |
set |
pet |
/ə/ (*) |
ə |
e |
sec |
alpha (B) / face (A) |
/e/ |
a |
entens |
alpha (B) / father (A) |
i |
naixement |
alpha (B) / meet (A) |
e |
séc |
face |
/i/ |
i |
i |
sic |
meet |
a |
inserir |
meet (B) / father (A) |
/ɔ/ |
ɔ |
soc |
off |
/o/ |
o |
o |
o |
o |
sóc, molt |
story |
a |
hospital |
story (B) / father (A) |
u |
u |
oratge |
rule (rest of B & A) / story (Ma.) |
/u/ |
u |
suc, dues |
rule |
IPA |
Marginal vowels |
/y/ |
y |
déjà vu |
cute |
|
IPA |
Suprasegmentals |
Phoneme |
B |
A |
Examples |
English approximation |
Ib. |
Ma. |
Mi. |
ˈ |
ˈ |
Aina
[ˈainə] (B) / [ˈaina] (A) |
primary stress |
ˌ |
ˌ |
Bellver
[ˌbeʎˈvə] (B) / [ˌbelˈve] (A) |
secondary stress |
. |
. |
Badia
[bəˈði.ə] (B) / [baði.a] (A) |
syllable break |
ː |
ː |
Gemma
[ˈʒemːə] (B) / [ˈdʒemːa] (A) |
long consonant/vowel |
IPA |
Other representations |
( ) |
( ) |
Camps
[ˈkam(p)s] (B / A) |
optional sound |
|
- (*) Stressed /ə/ corresponds to /ɛ/ in Central Catalan and /e/ in Western Catalan.
Bibliography
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