Appendix:SNPT

Slovene national phonetic transcription (abbreviated SNPT) is a set of transcription used for transcribing Standard Slovene, as well as its dialects. It is often simpler to comprehend as most symbols are derived from the Slovene alphabet and have their usual pronunciations.

There are four closely related transcriptions, however one is considered archaic.

For Standard Slovene

Slovene has two standards – tonal and non-tonal and therefore exist two transcriptions which only slightly differ by different diacritics.

Long stressed vowels

In a word	Non-tonal	Tonal	IPA
í	í	í	ìː
		ȋ	íː
é	é	ẹ́	èː
		ẹ̑	éː
ê / é	ḙ̄	ḙ́	è̞ː
		ḙ̑	é̞ː
ê	ê	é	ɛ̀ː
		ȇ	ɛ́ː
á	á	á	àː
		ȃ	áː
ô	ô	ó	ɔ̀ː
		ȏ	ɔ́ː
ô / ó	ō̭	ó̭	ò̞ː
		ȏ̭	ó̞ː
ó	ó	ọ́	òː
		ọ̑	óː
ú	ú	ú	ùː
		ȗ	úː

Short stressed vowels

In a word	Non-tonal	Tonal	IPA
ì	ì	ȉ	í
è	ḙ̀	ḙ̏	é̞
	è	ȅ	ɛ́
è	ə̀	ə̀	ə̀
		ə̏	ə́
à	à	ʌ̏	á (non-tonal), ʌ́ (tonal)
ò	ò	ȍ	ɔ́
	ò̭	ȍ̭	ó̞
ù	ù	ȕ	ú
ŕ / r̀	ə̀r	ə̀r	ə̀ɾ
		ə̏r	ə́ɾ
ĺ	ə̀l	ə̏l	ə́l

Short unstressed vowels

In a word	Non-tonal	Tonal	IPA
i	i	i	i
e	ḙ	ḙ	ɛ̝
	e	e	ɛ (after stress) / e (before stress)
e	ə	ə	ə
a	a	a	a
o	o	o	ɔ (after stress) / o (before stress)
	o̭	o̭	ɔ̝
u	u	u	u
r	ər	ər	əɾ
n	ən	ən	ən / n̩
m	əm	əm	əm / m̩
l	əl	əl	əl / l̩

Semivowels

In a word	Non-tonal	Tonal	IPA
j	j	j	j
v / u / ł	u̯	u̯	u̯

Consonants

SNPT	IPA		SNPT	IPA
m	m		t	t
ɱ	ɱ		T	tⁿ
n	n		ᵗ	tˡ
n’	nʲ		d	d
ŋ	ŋ		D	dⁿ
l	l		ᵈ	dˡ
l’	lʲ		k	k
r	ɾ		g	ɡ
j	j		č	t͡ʃ
v	ʋ		dž	d͡ʒ
	v		s	s
w	ʷ (with voiced cons.)		z	z
ʍ	ʷ (with voiceless cons.)		š	ʃ
p	p		ž	ʒ
P	pⁿ		c	t͡s
ᴘ	p̪		dz	d͡z
b	b		f	f
ʙ	b̪		h	x
B	bⁿ		ɣ	ɣ

Dialectal transcription

There exist two dialectal transcriptions: Ramovš and Logar transcription, but nowadays second is in use most of the time.

Logar and Ramovš transcriptions

Vowels RT LT approx. IPA i i ü ü* y ʏ y i̠ u u u̇ u̇* y̠ i̧ ɪ̟͉ ɨ ɪ ı̣ i̥ i͈ i̥ ɨ̟ y̥ y̥* ɨ u̥ ʉ u̧ ʊ͉ ů ů* ʊ̝ ė ɪ̟͈ ȯ ʊ͈ ẹ e ë* ë e̠ ọ o ḙ e̞ e̥ ɘ̞ ɘ ɘ o̥ ɵ o̭ o̞ ȩ e ɛ ö ø œ ə ə ə̣ ə̣* ə̟ o̧ o ɔ ä æ ḁ̈ ḁ̈* æ̠ ḁ ḁ* ɐ å ɒ ḁ̊ ḁ̊* ɒ̟ ȧ a̝ a a ã ą ã õ ǫ ɔ̃ ọ̃ ǫ̣ õ ȯ̃* ǫ̇ ʊ͈̃ i̤ ɨ̤ ṳ ʉ̤ e̤ ɛ̤̈ o̤ œ̤̈ ɵ̤ ə̤ ə̤* ə̤

Non-sonorants RT LT approx. IPA p p b b ɸ* ɸ ɸ b’ bʲ ƀ b͉ f f θ* θ θ ð ð* ð đ d͉ t t t’ tʲ d d d’ dʲ c t͡s c’ t͡sʲ ʒ d͡z s s s’ sʲ z z z’ zʲ c̣ t͇͡s͇ ṣ s͇ ẓ z͇ t́ c d́* d́ ɟ ć t͡ɕ / c (see from description in the source) ʒ́ d͡ʑ / ɟ (see from description in the source) ś ɕ ź ʑ č t͡ʃ č’* č’ t͡ʃʲ ǯ d͡ʒ ǯ’* ǯ’ d͡ʒʲ š ʃ ž ʒ č́ t͡ɕ ǯ́ d͡ʑ š́ ʃʲ ž́ ʒʲ k k k’ kʲ g ɡ g’ gʲ x x x’ xʲ ɣ ɣ ǥ g͉ ǵ gʲ x́ ç ɣx ɣ̥ h ħ ~ ɦ (see from description in the source) ʕ ~ h (see from description in the source) q ʔ

Sonorants and semivowels RT LT IPA w w u̯ u̯ m m v ʋ / v (see if it has a devoiced allophone) v’ ʋʲ / vʲ (see if it has a devoiced allophone) m’* m’ mʲ l l l̯ l̠ l̪ r ɾ n n l’ lʲ n’ nʲ ĺ ʎ ń ɲ j j i̯ i̯ j̃* j̃ j̃ ĩ̯ ĩ̯ ł ʟ ṙ ʀ ŋ ŋ

Diacritics RT LT IPA Tones V̑ V̀ː V́ː V̏ V̀ V́ V́ V́ː V̀ː V̀ V́ V̀ Ṽ V̂ (Brdo dialect) V̆̀ Stress V̄ ˈVː Vː ˈVˑ Vˑ V̆ ˈV V Other vowel diacritics Ṽ V̨ Ṽ Ṿ V̝͈ V̇ see above V̧ V V̞ V̭ see above V̥ V̈ V̤ V̤ V̯ V̯ V (V̆) Consonants C̄ Cː Cː C̃ C̃ C̃ C̮ C̥᪽ C̥ C̩ C‛ Cʰ C (C̆) Other C Dummy consonant V Dummy vowel ø A sound that is not present, null ending / / Phoneme [ ] Allophone > Derived from < Originates from