Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Macedonian
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Macedonian 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.
See Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Macedonian.
Consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
баба
|
box
|
| c
|
ќерка, куќа
|
cute or Turkish tekil
|
| d
|
дом
|
dust
|
| d͡z
|
ѕвезда, ѕид
|
birds
|
| d͡ʒ
|
џеб
|
jab
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| f
|
фалба, прв
|
fact
|
| ɡ
|
гулаб,
|
goo
|
| ɟ
|
ѓавол
|
argue
|
| j
|
јас
|
yes
|
| k
|
куќа, југ
|
skill
|
| l
|
лимон, љубов
|
leap
|
| ɫ
|
лук
|
all
|
| m
|
море
|
mocha
|
| n
|
нос
|
north
|
| ɲ
|
бања
|
canyon
|
| ŋ
|
банка
|
sing
|
| p
|
пет, даб
|
speak
|
| r
|
рака
|
trilled r, like in Spanish
|
| r̩
|
прст
|
US: verb (trilled)
|
| s
|
стол
|
salt, mask
|
| ʃ
|
шума
|
sugar
|
| t
|
тајна, запад
|
style
|
| t͡s
|
цар
|
bats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
човек, беџ
|
cheese
|
| v
|
вода
|
view
|
| ʋ
|
сваќа
|
vine (Indian English)
|
| x
|
херој
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| z
|
зима
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
жолт
|
pleasure
|
Marginal consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɫ̩
|
С’лп, монокл, ансамбл
|
little
|
| n̩
|
њутн
|
button
|
| w
|
шоу, аугментација, резероар
|
show
|
Vowels
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
брат
|
father
|
| ɛ
|
еден
|
edge
|
| i
|
сив
|
police
|
| ɔ
|
слон
|
off
|
| u
|
убав
|
pool
|
Marginal vowels
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɤ
|
касмет, К’шање
|
sofa
|
Other symbols
| IPA |
Description
|
| ˈ
|
Stress on the following syllable
|
Sources
- Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje
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See also
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