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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 Example English approximation
azb azj
b ب b baba [bɑ̝ˈbɑ̝] about
c ک k kabab [cɑ̝ˈbɑ̝b̥] skew
ç[1] ح köməkçi [cœ̝mæ̝çˈt͡ʃi̞] Australian and British hue
d د d d[d̪ɑ̝ɣ] ado
dz[2] ج c curcur [d͡zu̞ɾˈd͡zu̞ɾ̥] adze
cümə [d͡ʒʏ̝ˈmæ̝] ajar
f ف f faciə [fɑ̝ːd͡ʒi̞ˈæ̝] food
ɡ ق q qoca [ɡo̞ˈd͡ʒɑ̝] ago
ɣ غ ğ şığımaq [ʃɯ̞ɣɯ̞ˈmɑ̝χ] Scouse grass
h ه h əhatə [æ̝hɑ̝ːˈt̪æ̝] home
j ی y yəhər [jæ̝ˈhæ̝ɾ̥] yet
ɟ گ g agentlik [ɑ̝ɡen̪t̪ˈl̪i̞c] argue
k[4] ک k kaktus [ˈkɑ̝kt̪u̞s̪] score
l ل l il [i̞l̪] late
ɫ ulamaq [u̞ɫ̪ɑ̝ˈmɑ̝χ] goal
m م m manat [mɑ̝ˈn̪ɑ̝t̪] much
n ن n namus [n̪ɑ̝ːˈmu̞s̪] not
ɲ[5] çələng [t͡ʃæ̝ˈl̪æ̝ɲɟ̊] canyon
ŋ[6] ݣ angut [ɑ̝ŋˈɡu̞t̪] wing
p پ p peşə [peˈʃæ̝] span
ɾ ر r ruh [ɾu̞χ] American atom
s س، ص، ث s sən [s̪æ̝n̪] send
ʃ ش ş şəhər [ʃæ̝ˈhæ̝ɾ̥] shoe
t ت، ط t t[t̪ɑ̝ɣ] stab
ts[2] چ ç çox [t͡so̞χ] bits
çox [t͡ʃo̞χ] exchange
v و v vücud [vʏ̝ˈd͡ʒu̞d̪̊] vase
w[7] ovdan [o̞wˈd̪ɑ̝n̪] wet
χ خ، ق x, q xurma [χu̞ɾˈmɑ̝]
alaq [ɑ̝ˈɫ̪ɑ̝χ]
Scottish loch
z ز، ذ، ض، ظ z ziyafət [z̪i̞jɑ̝ːˈfæ̝t̪] zone
ʒ ژ j jalə [ʒɑ̝ːˈl̪æ̝] leisure
Vowels
IPA Orthography Example English approximation
azb azj
Monophthongs
ɑ آ a ata [ɑ̝ˈt̪ɑ̝] father
æ اَ ə əbədi [æ̝bæ̝ˈd̪i̞] cat
e ائ e edam [eːˈd̪ɑ̝m] South Asian may
i اِ،[8] ای i iri [i̞ˈɾi̞] ready
o او o ocaq [o̞ˈd͡ʒɑ̝χ] story
œ اؤ ö ölkə [œ̝l̪ˈcæ̝] New Zealand bird
u اُ،[8] اوُ u uğursuz [u̞ɣu̞ɾˈs̪u̞z̪] cool
ɯ اؽ ı qır [gɯ̞ɾ̥] roses
ʏ اۆ ü kü[cʏ̝ˈɾæ̝] West Country foot
Diphthongs[9]
oʊ̯(v)[11] اوو ov ovqat [o̞ʊ̯(v)ˈɡɑ̝t̪] dough
[12]
œʏ̯(v)[11] اؤو öv cövhər [d͡ʒœ̝ʏ̯(v)ˈhæ̝ɾ̥] General South African no
œʋ[12]
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Meaning
ˈ Bakı
[bɑ̝ˈcɯ̞]
stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
ː barı
[ˈbɑ̝ːɾɯ̞]
long vowel

Notes

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  1. ^ Allophone of /c/ before a voiceless consonant or at the end of a word.
  2. ^ a b Only used in certain dialects.
  3. ^ Səlimi 1976, pp. 38–39.
  4. ^ Occurs only in loanwords from Russian and as a result of the first [ɡ] devoicing when geminated, resulting in [kg].[3]
  5. ^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɟ] and [c].
  6. ^ Allophone of /n/ before [ɡ].
  7. ^ Allophone of /v/ after a vowel.
  8. ^ a b Only occurs in loanwords from languages written in the Arabic script.
  9. ^
  10. ^ a b Səlimi 1976, pp. 49–51.
  11. ^ a b Occurs in Caucasian Azerbaijani dialects, particularly those of Baku, Shamakhi, and Mughan.[10]
  12. ^ a b Occurs in the dialect of Tabriz.[10]

References

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  • Səlimi, Hüseynqulu (1976). A generative phonology of Azerbaijani (PhD). University of Florida. OCLC 1045615622. ARK 13960/t1tf4s495. OL 18319A.

See also

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