ਮਦਦ:ਹੈਤੀਆਈ ਕ੍ਰਿਓਲ ਲਈ IPA

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Haitian Creole language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Haitian Creole phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Haitian Creole.

Consonants Haitian orthography IPA Examples nearest English equivalent b b bagay before ch ʃ cheve shoe d d dènye dot f f fig festival g ɡ gòch gain h h hinghang hotel j ʒ jedi vision k k kle sky l l lin clean m m moun moon n n nòt note ng ŋ bèl filing feeling p p pakèt spy r ɣ rezon between go and loch s s sis six t t tonton tie ui ɥi luil roughly like sweet v v vwazen vision w w wi we y j pye yes z z zero zero

Vowels Haitian orthography IPA Examples nearest English equivalent a a abako roughly like apple an ã anpil roughly like lung e e kle roughly like clay è ɛ fèt festival en ɛ̃ mwen roughly like hang (American English) i i lide see o o zwazo roughly like law (British English) ò ɔ deyò hot on ɔ̃ tonton roughly like long ou u kafou who oun ũ youn roughly like soon

Notes

• There are no silent letters in Haitian creole, unless it is being written with the traditional orthography.
• All sounds are always spelled the same, except when a vowel carries a grave accent ⟨`⟩ before ⟨n⟩, which makes it an open vowel instead of a nasal vowel (e.g. ⟨en⟩ for /ɛ̃/ and ⟨èn⟩ for /ɛn/; ⟨on⟩ = /ɔ̃/, but ⟨òn⟩ = /ɔn/; <an> = /ã/, but <àn> = /an/).
• When immediately followed by a vowel in a word, the letters forming the nasal vowels (an, en, on, oun) are to be pronounced separately.