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Help:IPA/Hmong

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hmong language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The dialect used in this chart is both White Hmong and Green Hmong. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-hmn}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
Green White
c c 𖬯 Somewhat like joke
ch 𖬧 Somewhat like choke
ç xy 𖬧𖬰 hue
d d 𖬞𖬰 ado
dh 𖬞𖬵 wide hearted
f f 𖬜𖬵 five
h h 𖬟 happy
ʝ y 𖬤 Similar to yes
k k * scope
kh 𖬩𖬰 cope
l l 𖬞 life
hl 𖬥 clean
m m 𖬦 map
hm 𖬣𖬵 No English equivalent; voiceless [m]
mb np 𖬨𖬵 combine
mbʱ nph 𖬡𖬰 No English equivalent, like abhor, but with prenasalization
mbl npl 𖬫𖬰 emblem
mbɮ nplh 𖬡𖬵 No English equivalent
ml ml 𖬠 hamlet
m̥l̥ hml 𖬠𖬰 No English equivalent
n n 𖬬 no
hn 𖬩 No English equivalent; voiceless [n]
nd nt 𖬩𖬵 endanger
ndʱ nth 𖬫 wound him
ndl ndl 𖬭𖬰 candle
ndɮ ndlh 𖬭𖬵 No English equivalent
ndz ntx 𖬢𖬰 hands
ndzʱ ntxh 𖬥𖬵 hands holding
ɲ ny 𖬮𖬵 canyon
ɲ̥ hny 𖬣𖬰 No English equivalent; voiceless [ɲ]
ɳɖ nr 𖬜𖬰 No English equivalent; somewhat like can drink
ɳɖʐ nts 𖬝 No English equivalent; somewhat like hinge
ɴɢ nq 𖬬𖬰 *
ɴɢʱ nqh 𖬬𖬵 *
ɲɟ nc 𖬤𖬰 and you
ɲɟʱ nch 𖬨 *
ɳʈʰ nrh 𖬨𖬰 * similar to control
ŋ g 𖬠𖬵 sing
ŋɡ nk 𖬢 finger
ŋkʰ nkh 𖬫𖬵 incomplete
p p 𖬪𖬵 spin
ph 𖬝𖬵 pin
pl pl 𖬟𖬵 Somewhat like apple
plh 𖬪 play
q q 𖬦𖬵 * similar to sky
qh 𖬣 * similar to car
s x 𖬮 see
ʂ s 𖬤𖬵 Somewhat like shoe
t t 𖬧𖬵 stool
th 𖬟𖬰 tool
ʈ r 𖬡 *
ʈʰ rh 𖬢𖬵 * similar to trough
tl dl 𖬭 Somewhat like at last
dlh 𖬭𖬴 No English equivalent
ts tx 𖬯𖬵 cats
tsʰ txh 𖬦𖬰 No English equivalent
ʈʂ ts 𖬝𖬰 Somewhat like June
ʈʂʰ tsh 𖬪𖬰 Somewhat like chair
v v 𖬜 very
ʐ z 𖬥𖬰 Somewhat like vision
ʔ 𖬮𖬰 uh-oh!
Vowels
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
Monophthongs
a a 𖬖, 𖬗 As in father
e e 𖬈, 𖬉 * similar to play
i i 𖬂, 𖬃 see
ɨ w 𖬘, 𖬙 roses
ɔ o 𖬒, 𖬓 lawn
u u 𖬆, 𖬇 soon
Nasalized
ee 𖬀, 𖬁 Somewhat like sang
ã aa 𖬚, 𖬛 Somewhat like ran
ɔ̃ oo 𖬌, 𖬍 Somewhat like song
Diphthongs
ai ai 𖬊, 𖬋 hi
ia 𖬔, 𖬕 British beer'
aw 𖬎, 𖬏 No English equivalent
au au 𖬄, 𖬅 how
ua 𖬐, 𖬑 British tour
Hmong Tone Indications
IPA Tone Orthographic Spelling (Example)
pɔ́ High pob ('ball')
pɔ̰ Creaky pom ('see')
pɔ̂ High falling poj ('female')
pɔ̌ Mid rising pov ('throw')
Mid po ('spleen')
pɔ̀ Low pos ('thorn')
pɔ̤ Low falling breathy pog ('grandmother')

Notes and references

^* No equivalent to English ^* ⟨k⟩ is only represented in RPA and not in Pahawh Hmong. For example, to write keeb in RPA, you have to follow the order Consonant + Vowel + Tone (CVT), so it is K + ee + b = Keeb, but in Pahawh Hmong, it is just Keeb "𖬀𖬶" (2nd-Stage Version).


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