Help:IPA/Mandinka

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Mandinka on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mandinka in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Mandinka

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mandinka pronunciations 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.

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

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b báabaa beet tʃ cànsu[a] chat d dendikoo duck f fée four h háa happy dʒ jàta jump k káŋo kick l loolo love m mansa meet ᵐb mbaaro similar to samba ᶬf lamfu similar to armfull ᵐp pamparaŋo similar to pamper n neŋo not ⁿtʃ sancaba similar to bench ⁿd ndaama similar to sand ⁿdʒ njensoo similar to banjo ᵑk nkuusoo similar to bank ⁿs nunsoo similar to pants ⁿt ntolu similar to banter ᵑw fenwofeŋ similar to downward ɲ ñiŋ similar to onion ŋ ŋaaji long p peesa pink r ruujoo[b] rolled r s saba sock t taamaa tall w wooro wait j yiroo you Marginal consonants ɡ Gine[c] game Tone ˦ bée No equivalent ˨ dàa No equivalent

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation Monophthongs a abaraka British cat; somewhat like cut in other dialects. aː aasoo similar to father e eloo similar to met eː eekaa square i itolu similar to dip iː iisaa deep o osoo story (short) oː ooba story (long) u tunkuŋo similar to foot uː tuubi cool

1. The /tʃ/ phoneme is rare in native Mandinka words, and around 15-20% of 'c-words' are loanwords.
2. /r/ is extremely rare word-initially in native Mandinka words, and is almost always found word-initially only in loanwords.
3. /g/ is found in French loans.

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See also

• Category:Pages with Mandinka IPA (6)

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