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XIV key to pronunciation of Marathi

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Marathi pronunciations in XIV articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to XIV articles, see Template:IPA and XIV:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Marathi phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Marathi.

Consonants
IPA Marathi IAST English Approximation
b b abash
bh clubhouse
d d deal (dental)
dh redhead (dental)
ɖ American bird
ɖʱ ḍh American birdhouse
j jazz
dʑʱ jh hedgehog
ɡ g again
ɡʱ gh loghouse
ɦ h have
j , y yak
k k scan
kh can
l l lot
ɭ̆ Similar to bell
m m might
n n not
ŋ sing
ɳ American burn
ɲ , ज्ञ ñ minion
p p spot
ph pot
ɾ r American atom
ʃ ś ship
ʂ American worship
s s see
t t bit (dental)
th table (dental)
ʈ parts
ʈʰ ṭh partake
c catch
tɕʰ ch beachead
ʋ v Between wine and vine
Vowels
IPA Marathi IAST English Approximation
ā father
æ अ‍ॅ æ trap
ə a about
e e Scottish may
i i happy
ī keep
o o Scottish sole
ɔ a not
u u look
ū boot
əi ai Similar to buy
əm अं am rhythm
əu au Similar to go
ru rule
Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ stress
(placed before stressed syllable)
◌ː doubled consonant
(placed after consonant)

Notes

  1. ^ In the letter series beginning with , = क् + ; ka = k + a. Thus '' has the inherent vowel '', giving '' without added vowel sign using diacritics (The halanta "्" is removed). But the IPA shown here has the consonant 'k' only & does not include the vowel 'a'.
  2. ^ /bʱ/ is pronounced either as ※/※.
  3. ^ /dʑ/ and /dʑʱ/ phonetically may be either ※ and ※, ※ and ※ or ※ and ※ depending on the variety and "speaker."
  4. ^ /ɭ̆/ is pronounced either as ※ or ※.
  5. ^ /pʰ/ is pronounced either as ※ or ※.
  6. ^ /s/ is pronounced either as ※ or ※.
  7. ^ /tɕ/ and /tɕʰ/ phonetically may be either ※ and ※ or ※ and ※, ※ and ※ depending on the variety and speaker.

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