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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Malayalam on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Malayalam in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Malayalam

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

Consonants IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation k ക k sky kʰ ഖ kh key ɡ ഗ g ago ɡʱ ഘ gh loghouse ŋ ങ ṅ sink t͡ʃ ച c church t͡ʃʰ ഛ ch church d͡ʒ ജ j object d͡ʒʱ ഝ jh hedgehog ɲ ഞ ñ canyon ʈ ട ṭ butter (retroflex) ʈʰ ഠ ṭh pothole (retroflex) ɖ ഡ ḍ puddle (retroflex) ɖʱ ഢ ḍh redhead but retroflex ɳ ണ ṇ pun but retroflex t̪ ത t thank t̪ʰ ഥ th withhold d̪ ദ d that d̪ʱ ധ dh withhold but voiced n̪ ന n month n ഩ/ന ṉ spin p പ p spin pʰ ഫ ph pin f ഫ f fin b ബ b about bʱ ഭ bh clubhouse m മ m mall j യ y yes ɾ ര r American English atom l ല l list ʋ വ v curve ʃ ശ ś shoe ʂ ഷ ṣ shoe (retroflex) s സ s so h ഹ h head ɭ ള ḷ pull (retroflex) ɻ ഴ ɻ range r റ ṟ Scottish English run t റ്റ ṯ stalk d *ൻ്റ ḏ idea

Vowels IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation ɐ അ a fun (short) ə അ a about aː ാ, ആ ā father (long) i ി, ഇ i sit (short) iː ീ, ഈ ī seat (long) u ു, ഉ u full (short) uː ൂ, ഊ ū fool (long) r̩ ൃ, ഋ r̥ caterer e െ, എ e bet (short) eː േ, ഏ ē there (long) o ൊ, ഒ o got (short) oː ോ, ഓ ō story (long) ai ൈ, ഐ ai mile au ൗ, ൌ, ഔ au foul ə̆ ്, ു് ŭ potato Suprasegmentals IPA ˈ stress (placed before stressed syllable)

Notes

1. ^ modern orthography uses ന for both /n̪/ and /n/, and ഩ is no longer used.
2. ^ ^{a b} ഫ is used to represent both /f/ and /pʰ/.
3. ^ only occurs after /n/
4. ^ may occur as an allophone of /a/ in some word-medial and final positions.
5. ^ archaic, modern orthography uses ൗ instead
6. ^ only occurs word finally in standard Malayalam and has no distinct letter, ു് representation is rare

See also

• Category:Pages with Malayalam IPA (171)