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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Albanian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
| IPA | Orthography | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| b | b | bat |
| c | q | similar to cute |
| d | d | debt |
| dz | x | goods |
| dʒ | xh | jet |
| ð | dh | then |
| f | f | far |
| ɡ | g | go |
| h | h | hat |
| j | j | yes |
| ɟ | gj | Jew |
| k | k | car |
| l | l | lean |
| ɫ | ll | wool |
| m | m | man |
| n | n | not |
| ɲ | nj | onion |
| ŋ | ng | bang |
| p | p | pen |
| r | rr | rolled r [1] |
| ɾ | r | butter (American English) [1] |
| s | s | son |
| ʃ | sh | show |
| t | t | tan |
| ts | c | hats |
| tʃ | ç[2] | chin |
| v | v | van |
| z | z | zip |
| ʒ | zh | vision |
| θ | th | thin |
| IPA | Written as | English approximation |
|---|---|---|
| a | a | father |
| ɛ | e | bed |
| ə | ë | about |
| i | i | seed |
| ɔ | o | off (Tosk) |
| o | Joe (Gheg)[3] | |
| u | u | boot |
| y | y | Similar to [i] made with rounded lips |
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b The contrast between flapped r and trilled rr is the same as in Spanish. English does not phonemically have either sound.
- ^ The letter ⟨ç⟩ is sometimes written ⟨ch⟩ due to technical limitations because of its use in English for the same sound and its analogy to the other digraphs ⟨xh⟩, ⟨sh⟩, and ⟨zh⟩. Usually, it is written simply ⟨c⟩ or, more rarely ⟨q⟩, with the context resolving any ambiguities.
- ^ http://www.omniglot.com/writing/albanian.htm