The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) represents Walloon language pronunciation 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 |
Examples |
English approximation
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b
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barbôjhe
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bin
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ç
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schåyî
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hue
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χ
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Scottish loch, German Bach
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d
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deût
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do
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dʒ
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djanvî
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jeep
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f
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foû
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festival
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ɡ
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gayole, gueuye
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gain
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h
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hagnon
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hatch
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k
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stoumak, cwand
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sky
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l
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lére
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loo
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m
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monde
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moo
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n
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nawe
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no
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ɲ
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dignité
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roughly like canyon
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p
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aprinde
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spy
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ʀ
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arester
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French frère
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s
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sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu
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sing
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ʃ
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chal, shijhinme, xhaxhler
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shelf
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t
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tins
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stop
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tʃ
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tchestea
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chip
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v
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vint
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love
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z
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zûner
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zoo
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ʒ
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måjhon
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leisure
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Semivowels
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j
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yebe, beacôp
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yes
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w
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walon, moes
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wind
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Vowels
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| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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Short vowels
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a
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gade
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RP pat
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e
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évôs
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hey
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ɛ
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efant, dalaedje
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bet
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ɪ
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pitit
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kit
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ɔ
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soris
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off
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ø
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djeu
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bird
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ʊ
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atouwer
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book
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y
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pus
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Scottish cute, French rue
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Long vowels
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ɑː
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djåzer, diâle
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large or board
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ɛː
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gaiyté, fêye
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bed or Scottish bait
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iː
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pî
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see
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oː
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rôze
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board
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uː
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noû
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cool
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yː
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ût
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Scottish cute, French rue, but longer
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Nasal vowels
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ɑ̃
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blanc
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croissant
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ẽ
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bén
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roughly like ring
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ɛ̃
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rinde
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Chopin
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ɔ̃
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djondou
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roughly like American bone
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œ̃
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djun
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roughly like sung
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Walloon consonants are devoiced word-finally, i.e. /d/ changes to [t], /dʒ/ to [tʃ], /z/ to [s], and so on. This is not shown in the spelling.
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The groups ⟨sch⟩, ⟨jh⟩ and ⟨xh⟩ are all realized as simply [h] in certain dialects. ⟨sch⟩ may also surface as [ʃ] or [sk].
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The digraph ⟨sh⟩ is pronounced [s] in some varieties, [ʃ] in others.
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As in French, stress always falls on the last vowel in Walloon.
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/ɑː/ and /ɑ̃/ show variation with [aː]/[ɔː]/[oː] and [ɔ̃], respectively.
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Open-mid /ɛː/ and /ɛ̃/ may be close-mid [eː] and [ẽ].
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Merges with [yː] in some dialects.
References
See also
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Category:Pages with Walloon IPA (20)