Help:IPA/Sardinian

The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Sardinian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

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

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b bàcca; abaudìtu; bàbaru bike
β bìa; ebréu; nebodàza between baby and bevy
d dormi; sardu; doadùra; (Logudorese) andalibeni done
dz accasazàre; prànzu; cazàre dads
giòba; bambàgia; culingiòsso; panagélicu jab
ɖ[1] cherveddu (About this sound [kerˈveɖːu] ); abbaraddàdu; mundu dine (Indian English)
ð abbaccàda; càntat [ˈkantaða]; a thèrga this
f foras; ufànu fast
ɡ gàbbia; ghèrra; ghìa; ringhièra; fógu gas
ɣ[2] buttèga; ringhèra; àrcu ’e chélu like go, but without completely blocking air flow on the ⟨g⟩
k[3] corsìa; àlpaca; chélu; cuàdra; brùke; piachènte scar
l levantìnu; abbalauccàdu lip
ʎ brigliàju; origlièttas; bragliósu; contissìgliu roughly like million
m meledàda; mamudìnu; accampàda[4] mother
n nebodàza; energìa nest
ŋ abbengàre; abbiénghidu[4] sing
ɲ apitzigàgnulu; gnagnajólu roughly like canyon
p pabasólu; pìsiri; splajàre; ’alvispàltu spin
ɾ carena; dijimìre batter (American English)
r rasàda; ferrùzzos trilled r
s seccàda; stàntes; dilmìssu sorry
ʃ sceléstu; lescénscia; balàscios; isciri ship
t tanéddhu; àteu star
ts (Logudorese) tzaccàre; tzarra; catzare; Tzitzeddu; (Campidanese) tzaccàu; tzitadi cats
ciabàtta; cèddha; cìbbu; ciaccósu; celibbàdu chip
θ althrolìttu; furrìthu; tharalàu; atheddhìna; istàthu thin
v vacàda; sérvu; jurafàlzu; sa faìna vent
z casàra; ixèmplu; su sole zipper
ʒ (Logudorese) abbajoccàda; ajózi; conjugàdu; ojos; (Campidanese) paxi; axedu; dexi measure
ʔ[5] unu pacu; connoschere; sa pache; sa luna getting (Cockney: [ˈɡeʔɪŋ])
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a Arba; areddhàre; áteru; proiát roughly like father
e beni; ape; isdentadu roughly like pay
ɛ xena; meri bed
i filu; síncheru; paxi; ixèmplu see
o ógru; abbaósu; càndho law (British English)
ɔ domu; cózzula off
u domu; úrtima too
 
Semivowels
j eja; (Logudorese) giója;[6] calzulaiéddhu;[7] (Campidanese) Sardìnnia[8] you
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Explanation
ˈ càntat [ˈkantaða] primary stress
ˌ propiamènte [ˌpropiaˈmɛnte] secondary stress
. via [ˈvi.a] syllable break

Notes

  1. ^ In Sardinian it is a double voiced retroflex stop, represented by [ɖɖ] or [ɖː].
  2. ^ Sometimes omitted between vowels.
  3. ^ Usually, /k/ is written down following either the Italian style (by using ⟨ch⟩: e.g. anchilla, chelu, chena, chi, etc.), the Byzantine style (by using ⟨k⟩: e.g. ankilla, kelu, kena, ki, etc.) or the Spanish style (by using ⟨qu⟩: e.g. anquilla, quelu, quena, qui, etc.)
  4. ^ a b Nasal consonants always assimilate their place of articulation to that of the following consonant. Thus, the n in /nɡ/~/nk/ is velar [ŋ], but before /v/ or /f/, it is labiodental [ɱ] (transcribed here as [m]). It is [m] only before /p/, /b/ or /m/.
  5. ^ Glottal stops usually occur for intervocalic /k/ in some dialects of Barbagia, and for intervocalic /l/ and /n/ in some dialects of Sarrabus.
  6. ^ One of the rare cases in which the grapheme ⟨j⟩ does not represent the sound [ʒ].
  7. ^ Another rare case, using the grapheme ⟨i⟩, normally representing a full vowel [i].
  8. ^ Phonetically transcribed as [sarˈdinja], as opposed to Sardìgna in Logudorese, transcribed as [sarˈdiɲɲa]. In Campidanese this semivowel is more usual.

Further reading

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1989) [1957]. Dizionario Etimologico Sardo (in Italian). Trois. 
  • Blasco Ferrer, Eduardo (1994). ELLO ELLUS, grammatica della lingua sarda (in Italian). Nuoro (Sardinia): Poliedro Edizioni. 
  • Blasco Ferrer, Eduardo (2007). Sardo e italiano a confronto. CUEC. 
  • Mura, Riccardo; Virdis, Maurizio (2015). Caratteri e strutture fonetiche, fonologiche e prosodiche della lingua sarda. Il sintetizzatore vocale SINTESA (in Italian). Condaghes. 
  • Puddu, Mario (2015) [2000]. Ditzionàriu de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (in Sardinian). Condaghes.