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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Azerbaijani on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Azerbaijani in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing
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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Azerbaijani
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents pronunciations of the Azerbaijani language and its two forms (Caucasian and Iranian) 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 .
Consonants
IPA
Orthography
English approximation
azb
azj
b ب
b
ab out
c ک
k
sk ew
ç [ 1] ح
h ue
d د
d
ad o
dz [ 2] ج
c
adz e
dʒ j ump
f ف
f
f ood
ɡ ق
q
ag o
ɣ غ
ğ
Spanish g o
h ه
h
h ome
j ی
y
y et
ɟ گ
g
arg ue
k [ 4] ک
k
sc ore
l ل
l
l ate
m م
m
m uch
n ن
n
n ot
ɲ [ 5] cany on
ŋ [ 6] ݣ
wing
p پ
p
sp an
ɾ ر
r
American at om
s س/ص/ث
s
s end
ʃ ش
ş
sh oe
t ت/ط
t
st able
ts [ 2] چ
ç
bits
tʃ ch ange
v و
v
v ase
w [ 7] w et
x خ
x
Scottish loch
z ز/ذ/ض/ظ
z
z one
ʒ ژ
j
leis ure
Suprasegmentals
IPA
Examples
Meaning
ˈ Bakı [bɑˈcɯ]
stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
ː barı [ˈbɑːɾɯ]
long vowel
^ Allophone of /c/ before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.^ a b Only used in certain dialects.
^ Occurs only in loanwords from Russian and as a result of the first [ɡ] devoicing when geminated, resulting in [kg].
^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɟ] and [c] .
^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɡ] and [k] .
^ Allophone of /v/ after a vowel.
^ a b Only occurs in loanwords from languages written in the Arabic script.
^ ^ a b Occurs in Caucasian Azerbaijani dialects, particularly those of Baku, Shamakhi, and Mughan.
^ a b Occurs in the dialect of Tabriz.
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