Help:IPA/Fi gian

The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)representsIndigenous Fi gian languagepronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPAandWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants IPA Orthography English approximation Fi gian example β v vase, but with both lips vinaka (/βi.na.ka/) j y (often silent) yes yaqona (/jaˈᵑɡona/ f f father (/fa.ða/ ð c then moce (/mo.ðe/) h h hello k k sky kakua (/ka.ku.a/) l l less liu (/li̯u/) m m mum me (/me/ mb b number bula (/ᵐbu.la/ n n noon na (/na/ nd d and Nadi(/ˈnan.di/) ɳɖ nr Above, but with thetongue curled or pulled back ndʒ j, di ([ndʒi]) inɡenious ŋ g song turaga (/tu.ra.ŋa/) ŋɡ q finger Voreqe (/βoˈreŋ.ɡe/) p p play pusi (/pu.si/ r r (trilled) Ositerelia (/o.si.te.re.li.a) s s sister Suva(/su.βa/) t t stop Lautoka(/lɔu̯.to.ka/) tʃ j, ti ([tʃi]) church, venture Josaia (/tʃoˈsɛi.a/), Viti(/βitʃi/) ɰ w between Spanish fuego andwater Wiliame (/ɰi.li.am.e/) Stress IPA Example Note ˈ siga[ˈsiŋa], cauravou[ðɔuraˈβou] Stress falls on the penultimate syllable if the final vowel is short, on the final syllable if it has a long vowel or a diphthong.

Vowels IPA Orthography American English approximation a a cat aː e e pet eː i i seat iː o o more oː u u coot uː Diphthongs ei ei grey eu eu SpanishEuropa ɛi ai between mayand my iu iu Brazilian PortugueseBrasil oi oi coy ou ou know ɔu au between knowand now

See also

• Category:Pages with Fi gian IPA(119)