Help:IPA/Malayalam

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Malayalam pronunciations. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation k ക k sky kʰ ഖ kh key ɡ ഗ g ago ɡʱ ഘ gh loghouse ŋ ങ ṅ sink t͡ʃ ച c church t͡ʃʰ ഛ ch church d͡ʒ ജ j object d͡ʒʱ ഝ jh hedgehog ɲ ഞ ñ canyon ʈ ട ṭ stalk but retroflex ʈʰ ഠ ṭh talk but retroflex ɖ ഡ ḍ idea but retroflex ɖʱ ഢ ḍh redhead but retroflex ɳ ണ ṇ spin but retroflex t̪ ത t stalk but dentalized t̪ʰ ഥ th talk but dentalized d̪ ദ d idea but dentalized d̪ʱ ധ dh redhead but dentalized n̪ ന n spin but dentalized n ഩ/ന ṉ spin p പ p spin pʰ ഫ ph pin f ഫ f fin b ബ b about bʱ ഭ bh clubhouse m മ m mall j യ y yes ɾ ര r American English atom l ല l list ʋ വ v curve ʃ ശ ś shoe ʂ ഷ ṣ shoe but retroflex s സ s so h ഹ h head ɭ ള ḷ list but retroflex ɻ ഴ ɻ run r റ ṟ Scottish English run t റ്റ ṯ stalk d *ന്റ ḏ idea

Vowels IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation a അ a cut ə അ a about aː ാ, ആ ā father i ി, ഇ i sit iː ീ, ഈ ī seat u ു, ഉ u full uː ൂ, ഊ ū fool r̩ ൃ, ഋ r̥ better e െ, എ e eight eː േ, ഏ ē eight but longer o ൊ, ഒ o own oː ോ, ഓ ō own but longer ai ൈ, ഐ ai mile au ൗ, ൌ, ഔ au foul Suprasegmentals IPA ˈ stress (placed before stressed syllable)

See also

• Category:Pages with Malayalam IPA (76)