Help:IPA/Norwegian

The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Norwegian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Norwegian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Norwegian 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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The accent that has been used here as a model is Urban East Norwegian, the pronunciation of the dialect spoken in the Oslo region and most commonly taught to foreigners.

See also Norwegian phonology and Norwegian orthography § Sound to spelling correspondences for more details about pronunciation of Norwegian.

Consonants IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent b stab stab ç Kyrkjebø, bikkje, Kielland, tjue hue d dåd, verden deed ɖ[1] sardin[2] Indian day f fot, loft, trivsel, lavt, Philip foot ɡ genial get h hatt hat j jojo, hjelp, gjorde, geit, Biørn, Youngstorget yoyo k kald, Skøyen, Dagsrevyen, Ingebrigtsen, Joacim, Schanche, Qvam cold l farlig[1], årlig[1], perle[1], Sturla, land, smelte, Hordaland, smålig[3][4] lack l̩ Abel little, but without velarization; German Esel ɫ salig, tålig, falsk, stolt[3][4] pull m man man n natt night n̩ katten chosen ɳ[1] barn[2] night, but retroflex ɳ̍[1] verten, slitasjen, Kristoffersen chosen, but retroflex ŋ signing, annonse sing p par, spa, Ibsen, Jakob pair r år[2] GA atom ɽ tæl, Dæhlie, Vål’engaⓘ[5] GA atom, but retroflex s sabel, cøliaki, enzym, xylofon sabre ʂ[1] sjø, skjerf, skøyte, slott, nysgjerrig, Skiaker, journal, Schønberg, attaché, Nationaltheatret, torsdag[2] shoe, but retroflex t torsdag, Steinfeld, Vadsø turn ʈ[1] parti[2] Indian turn v vaktel, Wergeland, Nyquist vat Non-native consonants ʈʂ[6] rutsjebane, tsjekkisk, Tschudi, Tetzschner, Archer challenge, but retroflex Other symbols ◌ː sommer [ˈsɔ̂mːər][7] roommate Stress and tone IPA Examples Explanation ˈ◌̀ bønder [ˈbœ̀nːər] Low tone / tone 1 / acute accent[8] ˈ◌̂ bønner [ˈbœ̂nːər] Falling tone / tone 2 / grave accent[8] ˌ◌ skoleelev [ˈskûːləɛˌleːv] Secondary stress

Vowels IPA Examples Nearest English equivalent Monophthongs ɑ fast, pensjonist, Isaachsen art ɑː mat, Raabe Article æ verden, herse, færre, æsj, krasje, Märtha trap æː trær ("trees"), tæl, ærlig, her, perle, gjerde Australian mad ɛ egne ("bait" vb.), regler ("rhymes" n.), hesje, helle, ætt set eː egne ("own" adj. pl.), treg, regler ("rules" n.), manesje, mer, sel, allé, trær ("thread(s)" vb.), gælisk, Kathe Scottish save ɪ sild, Dagny hill iː i, de need ɔ slott, slått, Slaatsveen, Fougner[9] off oː våg, skrog, Aass, Maud[9] story œ Søgne, øgle, pasteurisere[9] roughly like bet, but with rounded lips; German Röcke øː stø, Schreuder[9] roughly like Scottish save, but with rounded lips; German Behörde ʊ loff, skuffe ("shovel"), journal[9] put, German Nuss uː skog, fôr, glamour[9] fool, German Fuß ʉ skuffe ("disappoint"), debutant, outrert[9][10] goose (some dialects[11]); German müssen ʉː kul, ajourføre[9][10] choose (some dialects[11]); German üben ʏ nytt, gründer[9][10] roughly like hit, but with rounded lips; Swedish syll yː syl, Grünerløkka, debut[9][10] roughly like leave, but with rounded lips; Swedish syl Diphthongs ɑɪ hai, Faye, Maj price æɪ egne seg ("be suited"), negl, sein, hei, feil, Heyerdahl, Sejersted, Bræin Australian day æʉ hauk, Europa, Klouman[9] have or GA mountain ɛɪ mail[12] day ɔʏ boikott, Roy[9] boy œʏ døgn, øyne, Øivind, Preus, Foyn[9] Canadian ice ʉɪ hui[9][13] fluid ɑʊ Haoko how Reduced vowels ə påle about