Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Marathi
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Marathi pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-mr }} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See Marathi phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Marathi.
Consonants
IPA [1]
Marathi [1]
IAST
English Approximation
b
ब
b
ab ash
bʱ [2]
भ
bh
clubh ouse
d
द
d
d eal (dental ), th e (Th-stopping )
dʱ
ध
dh
redh ead
ɖ
ड
ḍ
American English bird
ɖʱ
ढ
ḍh
American English birdh ouse
dʑ [3]
ज
j
j azz
dʑʱ [3]
झ
jh
hedgeh og
ɡ
ग
g
ag ain
ɡʱ
घ
gh
logh ouse
ɦ
ह
h
h ave
j
य, ञ
y
y ak
k
क
k
sc an
kʰ
ख
kh
c an
l
ल
l
l ot
ɭ̆ [4]
ळ
ḷ
Similar to bell
m
म
m
m ight
n
न
n
n ot
ŋ
ङ
ṅ
sing
ɳ
ण
ṇ
American English burn
ɲ
ञ
ñ
mini on
p
प
p
sp ot
pʰ [5]
फ
ph
p ot
ɾ
र
r
American at om
ʃ
श
ś
sh ip
ʂ
ष
ṣ
American English worsh ip
s [6]
स
s
s ee
t
त
t
bit (dental), th ink (Th-stopping)
tʰ
थ
th
t able (dental), th ought (Th-stopping)
ʈ
ट
ṭ
part s
ʈʰ
ठ
ṭh
part ake
tɕ [7]
च
c
catch
tɕʰ [7]
छ
ch
beach ead
ʋ
व
v
Between w ine and v ine
Vowels
IPA
Marathi
IAST
English Approximation
aː
आ
ā
fa ther
æ
अॅ
æ
tra p
ə
अ
a
a bout
e
ए
e
may
i
इ
i
happy
iː
ई
ī
kee p
o
ओ
o
so le
ɔ
ऑ
a
no t
u
उ
u
loo k
uː
ऊ
ū
boo t
əi
ऐ
ai
Similar to buy
əm
अं
am
rhythm
əu
औ
au
Similar to go
ru
ऋ
ṛ
ru le
Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ
stress (placed before stressed syllable)
◌ː
doubled consonant (placed after consonant)
Notes
^ a b In the letter series beginning with क, क = क् + अ; ka = k + a. Thus 'क' has the inherent vowel 'अ', giving 'क' without added vowel sign using diacritics (The halanta "्" is removed). But the IPA shown here has the consonant 'k' only & does not include the vowel 'a'.
^ /bʱ/ is pronounced either as [bʱ] or [v ].
^ a b /dʑ/ and /dʑʱ/ phonetically may be either [dʑ] and [dʑʱ], [dz ] and [dzʱ] or [dʒ ] and [dʒʱ] depending on the variety and speaker.
^ /ɭ̆/ is pronounced either as [ɭ̆] or [ɭ ].
^ /pʰ/ is pronounced either as [pʰ] or [f ].
^ /s/ is pronounced either as [s] or [ɕ ].
^ a b /tɕ/ and /tɕʰ/ phonetically may be either [tɕ] and [tɕʰ] or [ts ] and [tsʰ], [tʃ ] and [tʃʰ] depending on the variety and speaker.
Bibliography
Marathi language sounds
Bloch, J (1970). Formation of the Marathi Language . Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-2322-8 .
Dhongde, Ramesh Vaman; Wali, Kashi (2009). Marathi . Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co. ISBN 978-90-272-38139 .
A Survey of Marathi Dialects. VIII. Gāwḍi, A. M. Ghatage & P. P. Karapurkar. The State Board for Literature and Culture, Bombay. 1972.
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