The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Gujarati pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Gujarati phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Gujarati.
Consonants |
IPA |
Gujarati |
IAST |
English approximation |
b |
બ |
b |
bat |
bʱ |
ભ |
bh |
abhor |
tʃ |
ચ |
c |
choose |
tʃʰ |
છ |
ch |
approach-here |
d̪ |
દ |
d |
other |
d̪ʱ |
ધ |
dh |
adhere |
ɖ |
ડ |
ḍ |
dog |
ɖʱ |
ઢ |
ḍh |
guardhouse |
ɡ |
ગ |
g |
gate |
ɡʱ |
ઘ |
gh |
gherkin |
h |
ઃ |
ḥ |
head |
ɦ |
હ |
h |
ahead |
j |
ય |
y |
yak |
dʒ |
જ |
j |
jack |
dʒʱ |
ઝ |
jh |
hedgehog |
k |
ક |
k |
scold |
kʰ |
ખ |
kh |
khan |
l |
લ |
l |
leaf |
ɭ |
ળ |
l |
swedish sorrl |
m |
મ |
m |
much |
n̪ or n |
ન |
n |
not |
ɳ |
ણ |
ṇ |
burner |
ɲ |
ઞ |
ñ |
canyon |
ŋ |
ઙ |
ṅ |
bank |
p |
પ |
p |
pan |
pʰ or f |
ફ |
ph |
cup-holder |
ɾ |
ર |
r |
rat |
s̪ |
સ |
s |
sue |
ʂ |
ષ |
ṣ |
roughly like worship |
ɕ |
શ |
ś |
roughly like sheep |
t̪ |
ત |
t |
thank |
t̪ʰ |
થ |
th |
thank |
ʈ |
ટ |
ṭ |
table |
ʈʰ |
ઠ |
ṭh |
art-historian |
ʋ |
વ |
v |
vine |
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Vowels |
IPA |
Gujarati |
IAST |
English approximation |
ə |
અ, ક |
a |
euphoria |
ɑ |
આ, કા |
ā |
bra |
eː |
એ, કે |
e |
Somewhat like wait |
ɛ |
ઍ, કૅ |
â |
bed |
i |
ઇ/ ઈ, કિ/ કી |
i |
happy |
oː |
ઓ, કો |
o |
old |
ɔ |
ઑ, કૉ |
ô |
thought |
ɾu |
ઋ, કૃ |
ṛ |
Syllabic ‹r›: three |
u |
ઉ/ ઊ, કુ/ કૂ |
u |
look |
əj |
ઐ, કૈ |
ai |
Somewhat like bail |
əʋ |
ઔ, કૌ |
au |
Somewhat like float |
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Notes