Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation
The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to represent Hungarian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
ConsonantsEdit
| 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.
- ^ At the end of the word after b, v, g, r, m.
- ^ 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.
VowelsEdit
| 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] |