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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Romansh language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
b bunaⓘ, bler bike
d dentⓘ, dubel done
dʑ[1] agidⓘ, jet dew (British English)
f fitg, flad, clavⓘ fast
ɡ gatⓘ, galant gas
k carr, architect, augⓘ, kiosc, quai scar
l lavarⓘ, milli, val lip
ʎ eglⓘ, glieudⓘ, biglietⓘ roughly like million
m milli, umⓘ mother
n naninⓘ, onns nest
ŋ saungⓘ, lungatgⓘ sing
ɲ bognⓘ, gniervⓘ roughly like canyon
p papetariaⓘ, appartament, verb spin
r ʁ[2] rodaⓘ, carrⓘ, meglra water (American English) or French rose
s vossaⓘ, nusⓘ sorry
ʃ schanza, glischⓘ, puspeiⓘ, scopo ship
t teaterⓘ, ti, agid star
ts cefraⓘ, bellezza, zunt cats
tɕ[1] chasaⓘ, tgaminⓘ stew (British English)
tʃ rumantschⓘ, tschetschapuorlaⓘ chew
v gravaⓘ, watt vent
z casaⓘ, rosaⓘ zipper
ʒ sbaglⓘ, Svizra, branscha, Grischunⓘ measure
Marginal consonants
h[3] haluncsⓘ, hobi hat
Dialectal consonants
ç amihⓘ hue
Semivowels
j jeuⓘ, Italia, yak you
w quelⓘ, ual, walkman wine
Vowels
IPAExamplesEnglish approximation
a bancⓘ, clav roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ[4] casaⓘ, mellenⓘ comma or gut
e bler, pérⓘ roughly like pay
ɛ è, pèrⓘ bed
i ti, historicⓘ see
ɔ pomⓘ, toc off
o biroⓘ, ovra law (British English)
u o ~ ʊ[2] bun, udirⓘ tool or pull
Dialectal vowels[5]
ø chaschölⓘ, öglⓘ roughly like hurt
y mürⓘ, büglⓘ roughly like cute
 
Suprasegmentals
IPAExamplesEnglish example
ˈ combaⓘ [ˈkɔmbɐ] bottle
ˌ libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːi̯n] intonation
. gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt] moai
ː darⓘ [daːr] long vowel
◌̯[6] cuortⓘ [kuɔ̯rt] now

Notes

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  1. 1 2 [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
  2. 1 2 Realization varies among dialects.
  3. ↑ ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwords.
  4. ↑ Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
  5. ↑ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
  6. ↑ Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

See also

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