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' |
| /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.
| 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] ► |
'you (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