Help:IPA/Italian

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

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Consonants[1]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	banca, cibo	about
d	dove, idra, dado	today
dz	zaino, azalea, mezzo[2][3]	dads
dʒ	gelo, giù, magia, judo, gadget	job
f	fatto, cifra, fon	fast
ɡ	gatto, agro, ghetto, glicosio[4]	again
j	ieri, saio, più, Jesi, yacht, news	yes
k	cosa, acuto, finché, quei, kiwi, koala	scar
l	lato, tela, glicosio[4]	ladder
ʎ	figli, glielo, maglia[3]	billion
m	mano, amare, input[5]	mother
ɱ	anfibio, invece[5]	comfort
n	nano, punto, pensare, mangiare[5]	nest
ŋ	unghia, anche, dunque[5]	sing
ɲ	gnocco, ogni[3][5]	canyon
p	primo, ampio, apertura	spin
r	Roma, quattro, morte[6]	trilled r
s	sano, scusa, presentire, pasto[7]	sorry
ʃ	scena, scià, pesci, flash, chic[3]	shoe
t	tranne, mito, altro, thai	star
ts	zio, sozzo, marzo[2][3]	cats
tʃ	certo, ciao, farmacia, chip	check
v	vado, povero, watt	vent
w	uova, guado, qui, week-end	wine
z	sbirro, presentare, asma[7]	amazon
Non-native consonants
h	hobby, hertz[8]	house
θ	Thatcher, Pérez[9]	thing
x	jota, Bach, khamsin[10]	loch (Scottish English)
ʒ	Fuji, garage, casual	vision

Vowels[11]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
a	alto, sarà, must	fast (Scottish English)
e	vero, perché, liaison	fade
ɛ	etto, cioè, spread	bed
i	viso, sì, zia, feed, team, sexy	ski
o	ombra, otto, show, coach	story
ɔ	otto, sarò, Sean	off
u	usi, ragù, tuo, tour	rule
Non-native vowels
ø	viveur, goethiano, Churchill[12]	murder (RP)
y	parure, brûlé, Führer[13]	future (Scottish English)

Suprasegmentals
IPA	Examples	Explanation
ˈ	Cennini [tʃenˈniːni]	primary stress
ˌ	altamente [ˌaltaˈmente]	secondary stress[14]
.	continuo [konˈtiːnu.o]	syllable break
ː	primo [ˈpriːmo]	long vowel[15]