The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
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Consonants
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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b
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babbu; porta; vai
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bike
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c
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chjosu; machja
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skew
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d
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dormi; tettu
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done
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dz
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zitellu; pranzu
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dads
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dʒ
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gioia; piace
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jab
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ɖ
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eddu; coraddu; stadda
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dine (Indian English)
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ð
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donna; strada
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this
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f
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fora; goffu
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fast
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ɡ
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gattu; buttega; ringhera; focu
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gas
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ɟ
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ghjornu; oghje
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argue
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k
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corsu; bocca; chi; quale; kiwi
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scar
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l
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latru; ellu
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lip
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ʎ
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famiglia; agliu
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roughly like million
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m
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mele; mamaa; campu
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mother
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ɱ
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infini
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some value
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n
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neve; cennu
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nest
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ŋ
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cinque; ringhera
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sing
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ɲ
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bisognu; castagnu
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roughly like canyon
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p
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pesciu; porgu; caspa
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spin
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r
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rasoghju; ferru; persi
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Trilled r, Spanish: perro
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s
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seccu; strada; quessu
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sorry
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ʃ
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sceffu; pesciu
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ship
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t
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tuttu; attentu
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star
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ts
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zappatu; lazza
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cats
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tʃ
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cecu; ci
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chip
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v
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servici; aviò: frittu; watt
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vent
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z
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casa
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zipper
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ʒ
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sgiò; brusgera
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measure
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Semivowels
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j
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più; meiu, gabbia; Aiacciu; yacht
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you
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w
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quale; guerra; neve; basta; week-end
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wine
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Vowels
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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a
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arma; serà
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roughly like father
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e
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elettu; meiu
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roughly like pay
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ɛ
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èpica; terra
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bed
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i
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i; mì
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see
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o
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ora; giòvani
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story
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ɔ
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aviò
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off
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u
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u; più
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too
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Suprasegmentals
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IPA
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Examples |
English approximation
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ˈ
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làmpana [ˈlampana]
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bottle
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ˌ
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prupiamente [ˌprupjaˈmente]
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intonation
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.
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via [ˈwi.a]
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moai
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In some dialects, it is omitted or pronounced [r].
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Sometimes omitted between vowels.
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Sometimes pronounced [j].
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In some dialects, it is pronounced [r].
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A nasal consonant always assimilates its place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, before /g/ or /k/, it is velar ŋ, and before /v/ or /f/, it is labiodental ɱ. It is alveolar m only before /p/ or /b/.
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In some dialects, it is pronounced [ʃ] before [t].
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In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ].
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In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ] or [a].
See also
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Category:Pages with Corsican IPA (41)