Help:IPA/Fijian

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Fijian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-fj}} and Template:Section link.

Consonants IPA Orthography English approximation Template:IPAlink v roughly like vase Template:IPAlink c then Template:IPAlink y (often silent) yes Template:IPAlink k sky Template:IPAlink l less Template:IPAlink m mum mb b amber Template:IPAlink n noon nd d dandy ɳɖ nr Andrew ndʒ j, di ([ndʒi]) inɡenious Template:IPAlink g song ŋɡ q finger Template:IPAlink r (trilled) Template:IPAlink s sister Template:IPAlink t stop Template:IPAlink j, ti ([tʃi]) church, venture Template:IPAlink w roughly like water Stress IPA Example Note ˈ siga [ˈsiŋa], cauravou [ðɔuraˈβou] Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the final vowel is short, on the final syllable if it has a long vowel or a diphthong.

Vowels IPA Orthography English approximation Template:IPAlink a cat Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink e pet Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink i seat Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink o more Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink u coot Template:IPAlink Diphthongs ei ei grey eu eu Spanish Europa ɛi ai between may and my iu iu Brazilian Portuguese Brasil oi oi coy ou ou know ɔu au between know and now