मुक्त ज्ञानकोश विकिपीडिया से
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Icelandic language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Icelandic phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Icelandic.
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
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Consonants
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c
|
gys
|
skew
|
cʰ
|
kær
|
cute
|
ç
|
hjá
|
hue
|
ð
|
verða[1]
|
weather
|
f
|
dýpka, fló
|
fun
|
h
|
hús
|
hop
|
ʰ
|
þakka, tappi, stutt
|
(an h sound before [p, t, c, k])
|
ʝ
|
jú, lagi, éta
|
yes
|
k
|
göng
|
sky
|
kʰ
|
hver, krakki
|
kite
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l
|
líf
|
leap
|
l̥
|
stelpa, sæll
|
(voiceless, like hl)
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ɫ
|
'
|
wool
|
ɫ̥
|
'
|
(voiceless)
|
m
|
miði
|
moon
|
m̥
|
lampi
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(voiceless, like hm)
|
n
|
níu
|
noon
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n̥
|
hnífur
|
(voiceless, like hn)
|
ɲ
|
lengi
|
canyon
|
ɲ̊
|
banki [ˈpauɲ̥cɪ]
|
(voiceless, like hny)
|
ŋ
|
ungs
|
sing
|
ŋ̊
|
þungt
|
(voiceless, like hng)
|
θ
|
það
|
think
|
p
|
böl, nafni
|
spy
|
pʰ
|
páfi
|
pie
|
r
|
rós
|
ring (trilled)
|
r̥
|
hreinn
|
(voiceless, like hr)
|
s
|
saga
|
sing
|
t
|
dagur, galli, seinna
|
sty
|
tʰ
|
tvær
|
tie
|
v
|
af, verk[1]
|
between very and wary
|
x
|
sjúkt, sagt
|
Bach
|
ɣ
|
lög[1]
|
(like Spanish trigo or amargo)
|
ʔ
|
'
|
oh-oh!
|
|
IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
Vowels (all examples are long)
|
a
|
raka
|
between fat and father
|
ai
|
æfing
|
pie
|
au
|
páfi
|
pow
|
ɛ
|
nema
|
pet
|
ei
|
heim
|
pay
|
i
|
líf,
|
pea
|
ɪ
|
yfir, vita
|
pick
|
œ
|
öl
|
(like French eu or German ö)
|
øi
|
auga
|
|
ou
|
kólna
|
Poe
|
ɔ
|
von
|
pore
|
ɔi
|
flogin
|
poi
|
u
|
núna
|
poodle
|
ʏ
|
kul
|
(like French u or German ü)
|
ʏi
|
flugið
|
(ʏ before j)
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Other symbols used in transcription of Icelandic pronunciation
|
IPA |
Explanation
|
ˈ
|
stress (placed before the stressed syllable), langur [ˈlauŋkʏr̥]
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ː
|
long vowel,[2] double consonant
|
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- ↑ अ आ इ The [ð, ɣ, v] are very light, i.e., they are more like approximants than fricatives.
- ↑ Vowels are long when stressed and followed by no more than one consonant