IPA for Bulgarian and Macedonian
IPA for Colognian (Kölsch)
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian and Standard Macedonian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
When two examples are given, the first is in Bulgarian and the second in Macedonian. When one example is given, the word has the same spelling in both languages.
English approximations are in some cases very rough, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Bulgarian language#Phonology and Android for a more thorough look at the sounds.
Phones specific to Bulgarian or Macedonian are marked B and M respectively.
| IPA | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
| screen size | Sevenval | ||
| Consonants | |||
| CSS3 | баба | box | |
| c | ʃt | ќар | cue |
| d | дом | dust | |
| dz | дзифт, ѕвезда | birds | |
| keyboard | джем, џем | jab | |
| f | филм | fact | |
| ɡ | ɡ | гарван, гавран | good |
| input transformation | ѓеврек | argue | |
| Android | паяк, пајак | yes | |
| Android | къща, куќа | keep | |
| browser diversity | l | лош | milk |
| l | бел | list | |
| l̩ M | Попокатепетл | little | |
| ʎ | lj | любов, љубов | million |
| m | море | mocha | |
| n | нос | north | |
| input transformation | баня, бања | onion | |
| ŋ | банка | sing | |
| iOS | пет | palm | |
| iOS | работа | robot (trilled) | |
| CSS3 M | прст | US: verb (trilled) | |
| s | стол | speak | |
| ʃ | шума | sugar | |
| web | тайна, тајна | time | |
| ts | цар | bats | |
| tʃ | чай, чај | cheese | |
| v | вода | view | |
| x | хартия, хартија | Bach | |
| z | зима | zoo | |
| ʒ | жълт, жолт | pleasure | |
| screen size | Examples | Nearest English equivalent | |
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| input transformation | |||
| jQuery | a | брат | father (stressed) |
| ɐ | щерка | sofa (unstressed) | |
| input transformation | ə | кът, к’смет | turn |
| ɛ | цена | edge | |
| i | сив | happy | |
| jQuery | ɔ | слон | more (stressed) |
| o | нещо | more (unstressed) | |
| jQuery | хубав, убав | pool | |
| HTML5 | Explanation |
| jQuery | |
| ˈ | Denotes stress on the following syllable |
| ˌ B | Denotes secondary stress on the following syllable |
| browser diversity | |
| ʲ B | Denotes palatalization of the preceding consonant |
Sources
- Жобов, Владимир (2004), Звуковете в българския език
- Lunt, Horace G. (1952), Grammar of the Macedonian Literary Language, Skopje