Wikipedia:IPA for Bulgarian and Macedonian
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian and Standard Macedonian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
When two examples are given, the first is in Bulgarian and the second in Macedonian. When one example is given, the word has the same spelling in both languages.
English approximations are in some cases very rough, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Bulgarian language#Phonology and Macedonian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds.
Phones specific to Bulgarian or Macedonian are marked B and M respectively.
| IPA |
Examples |
Nearest English equivalent |
| Consonants |
| b |
баба |
box |
| c M |
ќар |
cue |
| d |
дом |
dust |
| dz |
дзифт, ѕвезда |
birds |
| dʒ |
джем, џем |
jab |
| f |
филм |
fact |
| ɟ M |
ѓеврек |
argue |
| ɡ |
гарван |
good |
| j |
паяк, пајак |
yes |
| k |
къща, куќа |
keep |
| lB |
бели |
list |
| l̩ M |
Попокатепетл |
little |
| ɫ |
лош |
milk |
| ʎ |
любов, љубов |
million |
| m |
море |
mocha |
| n |
нос |
north |
| ɲ |
баня, бања |
onion |
| ŋ |
банка |
sing |
| p |
пет |
palm |
| r |
работа |
robot (trilled) |
| r̩ M |
прст |
US: verb (trilled) |
| s |
стол |
speak |
| ʃ |
шума |
sugar |
| t |
тайна, тајна |
time |
| ts |
цар |
bats |
| tʃ |
чай, чај |
cheese |
| v |
вода |
view |
| x |
хартия, хартија |
Bach |
| z |
зима |
zoo |
| ʒ |
жълт, жолт |
pleasure |
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| IPA |
Examples |
Nearest English equivalent |
| Vowels |
| a |
брат |
father (stressed) |
| ɐ |
щерка, ќерка |
sofa (unstressed) |
| ɤ,ə |
кът, к‘смет |
turn |
| ɛ |
цена |
edge |
| i |
сив |
happy |
| ɔ |
слон |
more (stressed) |
| o |
нещо, нешто |
more (unstressed) |
| u |
хубав, убав |
pool |
| IPA |
Explanation |
| Stress |
| ˈ |
Denotes stress on the following syllable |
| ˌ B |
Denotes secondary stress on the following syllable |
| Palatalization |
| ʲ B |
Denotes palatalization of the preceding consonant |
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[edit] Sources
- Жобов, Владимир (2004), Звуковете в българския език
- Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje
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