Help:IPA/Chamorro

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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Chamorro 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.

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

Consonants
IPA	Example	English approximation
b^[1]	båba	ball
d^[1]	dåggao	cad, ladder
d͡z^[1]	yan	beds
d͡ʒ^[2]^[1]	ho’ye	jar
f	fugo’	fish
ɡ^[1]	ga’chong	guy
ɡʷ	guåhu	guacamole
h^[1]	håtsa	hat
k	kada	cat
kʷ	kuestion	question
l^[1]	litråtu	lie
m	malago’	man
n	nåna	night
ɲ^[1]	ñåmu	canyon
ŋ	nginge’	swimming
p	påchot	speed
ɾ^[1]	råmas	atom (with flapping)
s	såddok	sun
t	tåya’	stow
t͡s^[1]	chålan	cats
t͡ʃ^[2]^[1]	leche	chew
ʔ	haga’	uh-oh! (a catch in the throat)

Vowels
IPA	Example	English approximation
ɑ	båba	father
æ	baba	cat
e	ekungok	Received Pronunciation met
i	hita	sleep
o	oppe	corn
u	uchan	flu

Stress and syllabification
IPA	Example	English approximation
ˈ	CHamoru [t͡sɑˈmoɾu]	recorder
.	fihu [ˈfi.u]	Leo

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The consonants /b, t͡s, d, ɡ, h, l, ɲ, ɾ, d͡z/ cannot appear at the end of a word, though /b, d, ɡ, l/ can appear at the end of a syllable if it is geminate, i.e. the next sound is the same consonant.
1 2 /t͡s d͡z/ can become /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ before /e i/.

[endofword-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The consonants /b, t͡s, d, ɡ, h, l, ɲ, ɾ, d͡z/ cannot appear at the end of a word, though /b, d, ɡ, l/ can appear at the end of a syllable if it is geminate, i.e. the next sound is the same consonant.

[ch-2] 1 2 /t͡s d͡z/ can become /t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ before /e i/.

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