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Revision as of 13:40, 1 October 2024 by imported>Offa29(This guide is aimed at "layman" readers, who are extremely unlikely to be aware of pre-fortis clipping or even notice it when sounding out the words, so it does not help to illustrate the difference between short and long vowels to them. Better to just explicitly tell them that vowels are short/long. Many English speakers, including the vast majority of British English speakers, will perceive [ä], as closer to their TRAP than their PALM.)
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mongolian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
^[g] and [ɢ] are contrastive in Ulaanbaatar Mongolian, but are allophones of the single phoneme /g/ in some other dialects.
^Always follows another consonant, and usually modifies the sound with iotation (unless used before е, in which case it is unpronounced).
^Occasionally used before е to indicate that its pronunciation should not be blended with the consonant before it (as its sound is iotated).
^Uncommon, and only found in loanwords of Tibetan origin, but occurs in some high-frequency words such as лхагва ("Wednesday").
^ 6.06.1Uncommon, but more often found in loanwords.
^Used before я and ё to indicate that its pronunciation should not be blended with the consonant before it (as its sound is iotated).
^In addition to the vowel sound, и also palatalizes any consonant immediately before it.
^Resembles a diphthong, but is phonetically and phonemically a long monophthong. ии is not used.
^The only long vowel represented by a single letter. Although pronounced with the same vowel sound as ий, it does not palatalize the preceding consonant. Other than loanwords, it is only found in inflectional suffixes.
^Generally, /ju/ in words containing э, ө, ү & е; /jʊ/ in words containing а, о у, я & ё. See vowel harmony.
