Aiuto:AFI/Wallon

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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Wallon 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 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 {{IPA-wa}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants^[1]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	barbôjhe	bin
ç	schåyî^[2]	hue
χ	schåyî^[2]	Scottish loch, German Bach
d	deût	do
dʒ	djanvî	jeep
f	foû	festival
ɡ	gayole, gueuye	gain
h^[2]	hagnon	hatch
k	stoumak, cwand	sky
l	lére	loo
m	monde	moo
n	nawe	no
ɲ	dignité	roughly like canyon
p	aprinde	spy
ʀ	arester	French frère
s^[3]	sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu	sing
ʃ	chal, shijhinme,^[3] xhaxhler^[2]	shelf
t	tins	stop
tʃ	tchestea	chip
v	vint	love
z	zûner	zoo
ʒ	måjhon^[2]	leisure
Semivowels
j	yebe, beacôp	yes
w	walon, moes	wind

Vowels^[4]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
Short vowels
a	gade	RP pat
e	évôs	hey
ɛ	efant, dalaedje	bet
ɪ	pitit	kit
ɔ	soris	off
ø	djeu	bird
ʊ	atouwer	book
y	pus	Scottish cute, French rue
Long vowels
ɑː^[5]	djåzer, diâle	large or board
ɛː^[6]	gaiyté, fêye	bed or Scottish bait
iː	pî	see
oː	rôze	board
uː^[7]	noû	cool
yː	ût	Scottish cute, French rue, but longer
Nasal vowels
ɑ̃^[5]	blanc	croissant
ẽ	bén	roughly like ring
ɛ̃^[6]	rinde	Chopin
ɔ̃	djondou	roughly like American bone
œ̃	djun	roughly like sung

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ ^2,0 ^2,1 ^2,2 ^2,3 The groups Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr are all realized as simply Template:IPAblink in certain dialects. Template:Angbr may also surface as Template:IPAblink or [sk].
↑ ^3,0 ^3,1 The digraph Template:Angbr is pronounced [s] in some varieties, [ʃ] in others.
↑ As in French, stress always falls on the last vowel in Walloon.
↑ ^5,0 ^5,1 /ɑː/ and /ɑ̃/ show variation with Template:IPAblink/Template:IPAblink/Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink, respectively.
↑ ^6,0 ^6,1 Open-mid /ɛː/ and /ɛ̃/ may be close-mid [eː] and [ẽ].
↑ Merges with Template:IPAblink in some dialects.

References

"Walloon language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. March 20, 2013.

[1] 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.

[h-2] 2,0 ^2,1 ^2,2 ^2,3 The groups Template:Angbr, Template:Angbr and Template:Angbr are all realized as simply Template:IPAblink in certain dialects. Template:Angbr may also surface as Template:IPAblink or [sk].

[sh-3] 3,0 ^3,1 The digraph Template:Angbr is pronounced [s] in some varieties, [ʃ] in others.

[4] As in French, stress always falls on the last vowel in Walloon.

[ɑ-5] 5,0 ^5,1 /ɑː/ and /ɑ̃/ show variation with Template:IPAblink/Template:IPAblink/Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink, respectively.

[ɛ-6] 6,0 ^6,1 Open-mid /ɛː/ and /ɛ̃/ may be close-mid [eː] and [ẽ].

[7] Merges with Template:IPAblink in some dialects.

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