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
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Orthography
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English approximation
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azb
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azj
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b
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ب
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b
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about
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c
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ک
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k
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skew
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ç[1]
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ح
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hue
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d
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د
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d
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ado
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dz[2]
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ج
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c
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adze
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dʒ
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jump
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f
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ف
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f
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food
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ɡ
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ق
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q
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ago
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ɣ
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غ
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ğ
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Spanish amigo
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h
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ه
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h
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home
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j
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ی
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y
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yet
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ɟ
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گ
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g
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argue
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k[4]
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ک
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k
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score
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l
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ل
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l
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late
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m
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م
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m
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much
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n
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ن
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n
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not
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ɲ[5]
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canyon
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ŋ[6]
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ݣ
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wing
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p
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پ
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p
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span
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ɾ
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ر
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r
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American atom
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s
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س/ص/ث
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s
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send
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ʃ
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ش
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ş
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shoe
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t
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ت/ط
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t
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stable
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ts[2]
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چ
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ç
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bits
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tʃ
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change
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v
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و
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v
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vase
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w[7]
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wet
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x
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خ
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x
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Scottish loch
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z
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ز/ذ/ض/ظ
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z
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zone
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ʒ
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ژ
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j
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leisure
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Suprasegmentals
IPA
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Examples
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Meaning
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ˈ
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Bakı [bɑˈcɯ]
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stress mark (placed before the stressed syllable)
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ː
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barı [ˈbɑːɾɯ]
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long vowel
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Notes
- ^ 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.
References
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