The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to represent Hungarian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
| IPA
|
Phoneme
|
Example
|
|---|
| /b/
|
bab
|
[ˈbɒb] ►
|
'bean'
|
| /t͡s/
|
cím
|
[ˈt͡siːm] ►
|
'address'
|
| /ts/
|
hatszög
|
[ˈhɒtsøɡ] ►
|
'hexagon'
|
| /ts/
|
rendszer
|
[ˈrɛntsɛr] ►
|
'system'
|
| /t͡ʃ/
|
csap
|
[ˈt͡ʃɒp] ►
|
'faucet'; 'to strike'
|
| /d/
|
dob
|
[ˈdob] ►
|
'throw', 'drum'
|
| /d͡z/
|
edző
|
[ˈɛd͡zːøː]
|
'coach'
|
| /d͡ʒ/
|
dzsessz
|
[ˈd͡ʒɛsː]
|
'jazz'
|
| /f/
|
fa
|
[ˈfɒ] ►
|
'tree'
|
| /ɡ/
|
gép
|
[ˈɡeːp] ►
|
'machine'
|
| /ɟ/
|
gyár
|
[ˈɟaːr] ►
|
'factory'
|
| /h/: [h], [ɦ], [x]
|
haj
|
[ˈhɒj] ►
|
'hair'
|
| [ɦ][1] |
soha
|
[ˈʃoɦɒ] ►
|
'never'
|
| [x]
|
potroh
|
[ˈpotrox]
|
'abdomen'
|
| /j/: [j], [ç], [ʝ], [ʲ]
|
jól
|
[ˈjoːl] ►
|
'well'
|
| /j/
|
helyes
|
[ˈhɛjɛʃ] ►
|
'correct; pretty'
|
| [ç][2] |
rakj
|
[ˈrɒkç]! ►
|
'put!'
|
| [ʝ][3] |
sarj
|
[ˈʃɒrʝ]
|
'shoot, sprout'
|
| [ʲ][4] |
óriási
|
[ˈoːriʲaːʃi] ►
|
huge
|
| /k/
|
kis
|
[ˈkiʃ] ►
|
'small'
|
| /l/
|
lap
|
[ˈlɒp] ►
|
'sheet'
|
| /m/: [m], [ɱ]
|
ma
|
[ˈmɒ] ►
|
'today'
|
| /n/: [n], [ɱ], [ŋ]
|
nép
|
[ˈneːp] ►
|
'people'
|
| [ɱ] [5] |
tanfolyam
|
[ˈtɒɱfojɒm] ►
|
'course'
|
| [ŋ] [6] |
hang
|
[ˈhɒŋg] ►
|
'voice'
|
| /ɲ/
|
nyugat
|
[ˈɲugɒt] ►
|
'west'
|
| /p/
|
pontos
|
[ˈpontoʃ] ►
|
'accurate'
|
| /r/
|
rész
|
[ˈreːs] ►
|
'part, piece'
|
| /ʃ/
|
sem
|
[ˈʃɛm] ►
|
'neither'
|
| /s/
|
szól
|
[ˈsoːl] ►
|
'to say'
|
| /t/
|
több
|
[ˈtøbː] ►
|
'more'
|
| /c/
|
tyúk
|
[ˈcuːk]
|
'hen'
|
| /v/
|
vág
|
[ˈvaːɡ] ►
|
'to cut'
|
| /z/
|
zug
|
[ˈzug] ►
|
'nook'
|
| /ʒ/
|
zseb
|
[ˈʒɛb]
|
'pocket'
|
- ^ Voiced glottal fricative: 1. Between two non-identical vowels 2. Between a sonorant (m, n, ny, l, j, r) and a vowel (in this order).
- ^ At the end of the word after f, k, p. Examples: döfj, rakj, kapj.
- ^ At the end of the word after b, v, g, r, m. Examples: dobj, óvj, égj, férj, szomj.
- ^ A weak glide [ʲ] pronounced within a word (or a compound element) between two adjacent vowels (where one of them is i or í) to fill the hiatus.
- ^ n and m in the nf, nv, mf, mv consonant combinations.
- ^ n in the ng and nk consonant combinations.
| IPA
|
Phoneme
|
Example
|
|---|
| /ɒ/
|
agy
|
[ˈɒɟ] ►
|
'brain'
|
| /aː/
|
ágy
|
[ˈaːɟ] ►
|
'bed'
|
| /ɛ/
|
eke
|
[ˈɛkɛ] ►
|
'plow'
|
| /eː/
|
ép
|
[ˈeːp] ►
|
'intact'
|
| /i/
|
irt
|
[ˈirt] ►
|
'to eradicate'
|
| /iː/
|
írt
|
[ˈiːrt] ►
|
'wrote'
|
| /o/
|
ok
|
[ˈok] ►
|
'cause, reason'
|
| /oː/
|
ó
|
[ˈoː] ►
|
'old'
|
| /ø/
|
öt
|
[ˈøt] ►
|
'five'
|
| /øː/
|
őt
|
[ˈøːt] ►
|
'him/her (accusative)'
|
| /u/
|
un
|
[ˈun] ►
|
'to be bored of'
|
| /uː/
|
út
|
[ˈuːt] ►
|
'road'
|
| /y/
|
ül
|
[ˈyl] ►
|
'to sit'
|
| /yː/
|
űr
|
[ˈyːr] ►
|
'space'
|
Other symbolsEdit
A stress mark is placed before the syllable that is stressed.
| IPA
|
indicates
|
|---|
| ˈ (ˈa)
|
primary stress
|
| ˌ (ˌa)
|
secondary stress
|
| / /
|
phonemes, as in /ˈinformɒtikɒ/
|
| [ ]
|
speech sounds, as in [ˈiɱformɒtikɒ]
|
ReferencesEdit