Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Uzbek
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Uzbek language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-uz}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
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Vowels
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Orthography |
Cyrillic |
Arabic |
Approximation
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æ
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a
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а
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ە
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bat
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ɒ
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o
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о
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و/ا
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hot
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e
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e
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э, е
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ې
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sell
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i
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i
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и
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ى
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beet
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o
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oʻ
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ў
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و
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like South African, Australian and New Zealand English yawn but shorter; New Zealand English bird
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o[4]
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о
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u
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u
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у
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ۇ
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toot
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e Voiced consonants /b, d, ɡ, v, z/ become devoiced when word-final.
- ^ a b The velar stops /ɡ, k/ become palatalized (i.e. /ɡʲ, kʲ/ respectively) before back vowels /ɒ, u/.
- ^ /t/ becomes silent if it appears right after another consonant.
- ^ a b c Only present in Russian loanwords.
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