Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Walloon
The chart below shows how the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) represents Walloon language pronunciation in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-wa}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
| Consonants[1]
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
barbôjhe
|
bin
|
| ç
|
schåyî[2]
|
hue
|
| χ
|
Scottish loch, German Bach
|
| d
|
deût
|
do
|
| dʒ
|
djanvî
|
jeep
|
| f
|
foû
|
festival
|
| ɡ
|
gayole, gueuye
|
gain
|
| h[2]
|
hagnon
|
hatch
|
| k
|
stoumak, cwand
|
sky
|
| l
|
lére
|
loo
|
| m
|
monde
|
moo
|
| n
|
nawe
|
no
|
| ɲ
|
dignité
|
roughly like canyon
|
| p
|
aprinde
|
spy
|
| ʀ
|
arester
|
French frère
|
| s[3]
|
sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu
|
sing
|
| ʃ
|
chal, shijhinme,[3] xhaxhler[2]
|
shelf
|
| t
|
tins
|
stop
|
| tʃ
|
tchestea
|
chip
|
| v
|
vint
|
love
|
| z
|
zûner
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
måjhon[2]
|
leisure
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
yebe, beacôp
|
yes
|
| w
|
walon, moes
|
wind
|
|
|
Notes
- ^ Walloon consonants are devoiced word-finally, i.e. /d/ changes to [t], /dʒ/ to [tʃ], /z/ to [s], and so on. This is not shown in the spelling.
- ^ a b c d The groups ⟨sch⟩, ⟨jh⟩ and ⟨xh⟩ are all realized as simply [h] in certain dialects. ⟨sch⟩ may also surface as [ʃ] or [sk].
- ^ a b The digraph ⟨sh⟩ is pronounced [s] in some varieties, [ʃ] in others.
- ^ As in French, stress always falls on the last vowel in Walloon.
- ^ a b /ɑː/ and /ɑ̃/ show variation with [aː]/[ɔː]/[oː] and [ɔ̃], respectively.
- ^ a b Open-mid /ɛː/ and /ɛ̃/ may be close-mid [eː] and [ẽ].
- ^ Merges with [yː] in some dialects.
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