ਮਦਦ:ਯੂਕਰੇਨੀ ਲਈ IPA

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

Ukrainian makes contrasts between palatalized "soft" and unpalatalized "hard" consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript ‹j› / ʲ /, are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate, in a manner similar to the ‹y› sound in yes. All Ukrainian consonants except /j/ have a soft and hard variant, however this distinction is phonemic for only nine pairs—for the others the distinction can be ignored.

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

Consonants IPA Examples English equivalents b б boot; beautiful d д do dʲ д dew d͡z дз pads d͡zʲ дз d͡ʒ дж jump; ridge f ф fool; few ɡ ґ goo; ague ɦ г k к cooper; cute l л pill lʲ л least m м moot; mute n н noon nʲ н new p п poo; pew r р trilled r, like in Spanish rʲ р s с soup sʲ с super ʃ ш shop t т tool tʲ т tune t͡s ц cats t͡sʲ ц t͡ʃ ч choose x х bach; huge z з zoo zʲ з azure ʒ ж measure; garage

Vowels IPA Examples English equivalent Stressed ɑ а, я palm ɛ е, є met i і, ї meat ɪ и, ї bit ɔ о born u у, ю choose Unstressed o о Semivowels IPA Examples English equivalent j й yes, boy w в water Other symbols IPA Explanation ˈ Stress (placed before the stressed syllable) ː Gemination (doubled consonant)

See also

• Wikipedia:Romanization of Ukrainian