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
Orthography Transliteration
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
ast onish
kʼ къ
kh
(ejective) [1]
l л
l
l eaf
m м
m
m uch
n н
n
n ot
pʼ пъ
ph
(ejective) [1]
ʒ ж
ž
visi on
r р
r
r oad (trilled)
s с
s
s ue
tʼ тъ
th
(ejective) [1]
p
п
p
sp ill
k
к
k
sc an
ʁ гъ
h
French r ester
q хъ
q
an uvular k , pronounced like a k but far back in the throat. Kazakh Қ азақ стан
ʃ ш
š
sh oe
t͡ʃ
ч
č
birch
t͡s
ц
c
cats
d͡z дз
dz
pads
t͡sʼ цъ
ch
(ejective) [1]
t͡ʃʼ чъ
čh
(ejective) [1]
χ х
x
French pr oche
d͡ʒ дж
dž
hedg e
f ф
f
f an
j й
j
y ell
w
у
w
w e
Vowels
IPA
Orthography Transliteration
English approximation
ə æ
æ
a bout
a а
a
bra
e е
e
sle igh
i и
i
fee l
o о
o
raw
u у
u
moo n
ɨ ы
y
sausage s
Notes
^ a b c d e Ejective consonants , which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs. Comparisons Introductory guides
