The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Ossetic pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Ossetic phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Ossetian .
Consonants
IPA
Ossetian Romanization English approximation
b б
b
b ash
ɡ г
g
g ate
d д
d
d o
v в
v
v ery
z з
z
z oo
t т
t
t able
kʼ къ
kʼ, kh
(ejective) [1]
l л
l
l eaf
m м
m
m uch
n н
n
n ot
pʼ пъ
pʼ, ph
(ejective) [1]
ʒ ж
zh
vis ion
r р
r
r oad
s с
s
s ue
tʼ т
tʼ, th
(ejective) [1]
p п
p
p an
k к
k
k an
ʁ гъ
gh
French r ester
q хъ
q
(ejective) [1]
ʃ ш
sh
sh oe
t͡ʃ ч
ch, ĉ
ch oose
t͡s ц
ts, c
ts unami
d͡z дз
dz
padz
t͡sʼ цъ
tsʼ, ch
(ejective) [1]
t͡ʃʼ чъ
chʼ, ĉh
(ejective) [1]
χ х
kh, x
French pr oche
d͡ʒ дж
j, ĝ
hedg e
ɦ гъ
h
h ead
f ф
f
f an
j й
y, j
y ell
w у
w
w e
Notes
^ a b c d e f Ejective consonants , which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.
