The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Adyghe pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-ady}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Adyghe phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Adyghe, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b бэ bat ɕ щы Somewhat like British consume d дэ done dz дзэ goods dzʷ дзу, хьандзу, хьандзуачӏ dʒ джанэ jam f фыжьы fast ɣ гыны Spanish trigo ɡʷ гу Gwen ħ хьэ somewhat like hat j ятӀэ yes kʷ ку quality kʼ шкӏэ like cup but ejective [1] kʷʼ тхьэкӏумэ like quality but ejective [1] l лы Somewhat like luck ɬ лъы Welsh llwyd ɬʼ лӏы like Welsh llwyd but ejective [1] m мазэ man n нэ no p пэ pan pʼ пӏэ like pan but ejective [1] pʷʼ пӏуакӏэ like French point but ejective [1] q къалэ like cup but further back; Arabic Qāf (ق) qʷ къо like quality but further back r ар rolled r ʁ гъэ French rester ʁʷ гъожьэ French roi s сэ sad ʃ шы shell ʃʷ шъо somewhat like French choix ʃʼ пшӏы like shell but ejective [1] ʃʷʼ шӏу somewhat like French choix but ejective [1] ʂ пшъашъэ Somewhat like North American worship t тэ tap tʼ тӏы like tap but ejective [1] tʷʼ тӏу like tweet but ejective [1] ts цы hats tsʷ цуакъэ somewhat like Botswana tsʼ цӏэ like hats but ejective [1] tʃ чэты chat tʃʼ кӏако like chat but ejective [1] tʂ чъыгы somewhat like trust tʂʼ чӏы somewhat like trust but ejective [1] w о war x хы loch (Scottish English) χ хъыен Like Scottish loch but with the tongue further back; French proche χʷ хъуанэ French trois z зы zoo ʑ жьы Somewhat like British Zeus ʒ жакӏэ vision ʒʷ жъуагъо French joie ʐ жъы Somewhat like North American Persian ʔ ӏэ the catch in uh-oh! ʔʷ ӏо Somewhat like Cockney network Non-native consonants k к, кнопк, ручк cup v в vet

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɜ ӏэ nut aː ар father ɘ зы about