The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Corsican 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.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b babbu; porta; vai bike
c chjosu; machja skew
d dormi; tettu done
dz zitellu; pranzu dads
gioia; piace jab
ɖ eddu; coraddu; stadda dine (Indian English)
ð[1] donna; strada this
f fora; goffu fast
ɡ[2] gattu; buttega; ringhera; focu gas
ɟ[3] ghjornu; oghje argue
k corsu; bocca; chi; quale; kiwi scar
l[4] latru; ellu lip
ʎ famiglia; agliu roughly like million
m mele; mamaa; campu [5] mother
ɱ infini[5] some value
n neve; cennu nest
ŋ cinque; ringhera[5] sing
ɲ bisognu; castagnu roughly like canyon
p pesciu; porgu; caspa spin
r rasoghju; ferru; persi Trilled r, Spanish: perro
s[6] seccu; strada; quessu sorry
ʃ sceffu; pesciu ship
t tuttu; attentu star
ts zappatu; lazza cats
cecu; ci chip
v servici; aviò: frittu; watt vent
z casa zipper
ʒ sgiò; brusgera measure
Semivowels
j più; meiu, gabbia; Aiacciu; yacht you
w quale; guerra; neve; basta; week-end wine
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a[7] arma; serà roughly like father
e[8] elettu; meiu roughly like pay
ɛ[8] èpica; terra bed
i i; mì see
o ora; giòvani story
ɔ aviò off
u u; più tool
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English approximation
ˈ làmpana [ˈlampana] bottle
ˌ prupiamente [ˌprupjaˈmente] intonation
. via [ˈwi.a] moai

Notes

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  1. ^ In some dialects, it is omitted or pronounced [r].
  2. ^ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
  3. ^ Sometimes pronounced [j].
  4. ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [r].
  5. ^ a b c A nasal consonant always assimilates its place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, before /g/ or /k/, it is velar ŋ, and before /v/ or /f/, it is labiodental ɱ. It is alveolar m only before /p/ or /b/.
  6. ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [ʃ] before [t].
  7. ^ In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ].
  8. ^ a b In some dialects, it is pronounced [æ] or [a].

See also

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