Help:IPA/Slovak

Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Slovak / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

Table info: Consonants, IPA, Examples, English approximat...
Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b b, vstup do[1] bill
d domov, prvýkrát bolo[1] door
ɟ[2] ďaleko, byť zaradený[1] dew
f farba, vták[3] focus
ɡ garáž, kde[1] go
ɦ hlava ahead
j jogurt yellow
k koláč, ping-pong[4] scan
l láska[5] pill
vlk little
l̩ː vĺča little left (long)
ʎ ľad[5] failure
m maslo, hanba[6] milk
n noc[6] now
ɲ laň canyon
p pavúk, dub[4] spill
r robot atom (US)
prst
r̩ː vŕba Spanish perro
s slnko, mráz[4] six
ʂ šach, ž[4] shell
t tulipán, hlad[4] stand
c[2] radosť, loď[4] stew
ts cena, jedz[4] bats
človek, [4] chase
ʋ sever[3] between vine and wine
x chlieb, sneh loch (Scottish)
z zima, ananás bol[1] zoo
ʐ žena, Aleš bol[1] fusion
Marginal consonants
dz dz, noc bez[1] heads
bán, cárovič bol[1] job
ɣ vrh guľou[1] between got and hot
ɱ informácia[6] comfort
ŋ banka[6] sing
v vzrast,[3] Adolf bol[1] vine
w pravda, krv,[3] Tatrou wine
Vowels[7]
IPA Examples English approximation
Monophthongs
a matka art
ráno father
ɛɐ mäso[8] German Herz (when pronounced [hɛɐts])
e drevo Traditional RP left
i tri, syr kit
písať, výr leave
ɔ dom off
u ruža bull
úroda food
Marginal monophthongs
fén Traditional RP bed
ɔː móda dog
Diphthongs
ɪɐ piaty yap (rather than German Wirt)
ɪe viera yes
ʊɔ stôl warrior
Marginal diphthongs
ɪu vyššiu use (rather than new in Welsh English)
 
Suprasegmentals
IPAExamplesExplanation
ˈ Revúca [ˈreʋuːtsa] Primary stress always falls on the first syllable of a word.
. Mária [ˈmaːri.a] [9] Syllabification
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