The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) used to represent Hungarian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
See Hungarian phonology at Wikipedia for a more thorough analysis.
Also, see Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation assimilation for more information about the assimilation of consonants.
ConsonantsEdit
| IPA | Phoneme | Example | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /p/ | papa | [ˈpɒpɒ] ► | 'dad' | |
| /b/ | bab | [bɒb] ► | 'bean' | |
| /t/ | tát | [taːt] ► | 'to open' | |
| /d/ | dob | [dob] | 'throw', 'drum' | |
| /k/ | kar | [kar] ► | 'arm' | |
| /ɡ/ | gép | [ɡeːp] | 'machine' | |
| /f/ | fa | [fɒ] | 'tree' | |
| /v/ | vág | [vaːɡ] ► | 'to cut' | |
| /s/ | szél | [seːl] ► | 'wind' | |
| /z/ | zug | [zug] ► | 'nook' | |
| /ʃ/ | sás | [ʃaːʃ] ► | 'sedge' | |
| /ʒ/ | zseb | [ʒɛb] | 'pocket' | |
| /j/ | jó | [joː] | 'good' | |
| /h/ | haj | [hɒj] ► | 'hair' | |
| /t͡s/ | cél | [t͡seːl] | 'goal', 'target' | |
| /d͡z/ | edző | [ˈɛd͡zːøː] | 'coach' | |
| /t͡ʃ/ | csap | [t͡ʃɒp] ► | 'faucet'; 'to strike' | |
| /d͡ʒ/ | dzsessz | [d͡ʒɛsː] | 'jazz' | |
| /l/ | lap | [lɒp] ► | 'sheet' | |
| /c/ | tyúk | [cuːk] | 'hen' | |
| /ɟ/ | gyár | [ɟaːr] | 'factory' | |
| /r/ | rag | [rɒg] ► | 'suffix' | |
| /m/ | ma | [mɒ] | 'today' | |
| /n/ | ne | [nɛ] ► | 'don't' | |
| /ɲ/ | nyel | [ɲɛl] ► | 'to swallow' | |
| /ŋ/ | rang | [rɒŋg] ► | 'rank' | |
| /x/ | potroh | [ˈpotrox] | 'abdomen' | |
VowelsEdit
| IPA | Phoneme | Example | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ɒ/ | agy | [ɒɟ] ► | 'brain' | |
| /aː/ | áll | [aːlː] ► | 'to stand'; 'chin' | |
| /o/ | ont | [ont] ► | 'to pour' | |
| /oː/ | ó | [oː] ► | 'old' | |
| /u/ | un | [un] ► | 'to be bored of' | |
| /uː/ | új | [uːj] ► | 'new' | |
| /ɛ/ | eke | [ɛkɛ] ► | 'plow' | |
| /eː/ | ép | [eːp] ► | 'intact' | |
| /i/ | irt | [irt] ► | 'to eradicate' | |
| /iː/ | ín | [iːn] ► | 'sinew' | |
| /ø/ | ököl | [økøl] ► | 'fist' | |
| /øː/ | őz | [øːz] ► | 'roe deer' | |
| /y/ | üt | [yt] ► | 'hit' | |
| /yː/ | űr | [yːr] ► | 'space' | |