iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.
iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.



Link to original content: http://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hungarian
Help:IPA/Hungarian - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b bot, képzés boat
c tyúk, ágytól,
tja, átnyúlik
skew
d dob, hétből duck
d͡z madzag, ketrecben lads
d͡ʒ dzsessz, ácsból jug
f fa, szívtam fast
ɡ gép, zsákból go
h hó happy
j jó, lyuk yes
ɟ gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy RP due
k kép, fogtam scat
l ló lip
m ma, színpad man
n nem nap
ŋ munka bank
ɲ nyár, pinty canyon
p pipa, dobtam spun
r ró, balra rolled r
s szó, méztől sun
ʃ só, rúzstól, község ship
t toll, adhat stone
t͡s cél, edzhet cats
t͡ʃ csak, bridzstől, segítség chop
v vág, széfben vat
z zöld, mészből zipper
ʒ zseb, hasba rouge
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
ɒ hat RP hot
vár AuE father
ɛ ez bet
él pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs)[1]
i visz happy
víz knee
o ok hole (GA)
tó north AuE
ø öl Somewhat like nurse
øː lő Somewhat like purr
u ujj put
út school
y üt Somewhat like cute (but without the initial 'y' sound)
tűz Somewhat like cue (but without the initial 'y' sound)
Marginal vowels
ɒː A RP nod
a kalcium, Svájc AuE but
ɛː E bad
Stress
ˈ Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

Sound changes

change

Degemination

change
  • Long consonants become short when preceded or followed by another consonant: folttal [foltɒl].

Intercluster elision

change
  • /d/ and /t/ in the middle of clusters of three or more consonants may be omitted, depending on speed and articulation of speech.

References

change
  1. Rounds, Carol H. (2009). Hungarian An Essential Grammar. Routledge: Routledge. p. 8. ISBN 978-0415777377.

Bibliography

change
  • Szende, Tamás (1994), "Illustrations of the IPA: Hungarian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 24 (2): 91–94, doi:10.1017/s0025100300005090