Help:IPA/Māori
 | This is thepronunciation keyforIPAtranscriptions of Māori on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Māori 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 establishingconsensuson thetalk pagefirst. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA.For the distinction between[ ],/ /and ⟨⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)representsMāori languagepronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPAandWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
SeeMāori phonologyfor detailed discussion of the phonology of Māori.
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Notes
[edit]- ^The voiceless bilabial fricative[ɸ](similar to Englishwhas pronounced by those without thewine-whine merger) historically was the dominant realization of this sound. However, in contemporary Māori, the most common pronunciation is[f].
- ^Stress falls on the first long vowel or on the first diphthong. Otherwise, it is on the first syllable but never earlier than the fourth-last vowel in a word, with both long vowels and diphthongs counting twice.