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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mayan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.[1][2][3]
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Consonants
|
| ʔ
|
k'in, Ch'ol
|
the catch in uh-oh; a glottal stop
|
| ɓ
|
K'axob, Xibalba
|
no English equivalent, somewhat like boy
|
| tʃ
|
ch
|
child
|
| tʃʼ
|
ch'
|
somewhat like child
|
| h
|
jelik, Q'umarkaj
|
he
|
| x
|
j
|
loch
|
| k
|
k
|
skin
|
| kʼ
|
k'
|
somewhat like kin
|
| l
|
l
|
leave
|
| m
|
m
|
man
|
| n
|
n
|
noodle
|
| ŋ
|
nh
|
sing
|
| p
|
p
|
span
|
| pʼ
|
p'
|
somewhat like pan
|
| q
|
q
|
no English equivalent, somewhat like cut
|
| qʼ
|
q'
|
as above, but ejective
|
| ɾ
|
Xcaret
|
better
|
| s
|
s
|
sack
|
| t
|
t
|
stand
|
| tʼ
|
t'
|
somewhat like tan
|
| tʲ
|
ty
|
no English equivalent, somewhat like Christian
|
| tʲʼ
|
ty'
|
as above, but ejective
|
| ts
|
tz
|
cats
|
| tsʼ
|
tz'
|
somewhat like cats
|
| w
|
w
|
wand
|
| ʃ
|
Xunantunich, yaax
|
shoe
|
| j
|
y
|
yes
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
kax, Tabscoob
|
tar
|
| aː
|
naach
|
blah
|
| e
|
e
|
met
|
| eː
|
ee
|
pay
|
| ə
|
k'än
|
somewhat like sofa
|
| əː
|
määchäl
|
somewhat like British herb
|
| i
|
i
|
city
|
| iː
|
ahiin
|
see
|
| o
|
pol
|
somewhat like coat
|
| oː
|
oo
|
go
|
| u
|
u
|
somewhat like good
|
| uː
|
uu
|
food
|
| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
Oxk'utzkab [oʃkʼut͡sˈkab]
|
| This Orthography & Variant Orthography
|
| This One
|
Variant
|
| Bakab, Chaahk
|
Bacab, Chaac
|
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