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

See Sylheti language § Phonology and Sylheti Nagari alphabet for a more thorough look at the sounds of Sylheti.

Consonants
IPA Sylheti Examples ISO 15919 English Approximation
b ꠛ, ꠜ ꠛꠣꠙ, ꠜꠣ b abash
ꠖ, ꠗ ꠖꠣꠉ, ꠗꠣ d deal (dental), the (Th-stopping)
ɖ ꠒ, ꠓ ꠒꠦꠇꠣ, ꠑꠣ American English bird
ꠎ, ꠏ ꠎ꠆ꠎꠔ, ꠏꠣ j hedge
f ꠙ, ꠚ ꠙꠣꠘ, j fish
ɸ ꠙ, ꠚ ꠙꠥꠀ, ꠚꠣ f find
ɡ ꠉ, ꠊ ꠉꠣꠍ, ꠊꠣ‌ꠘꠥꠀ g agate
ɦ ꠢꠣꠔꠇꠞꠣ, ꠢꠥꠐꠇꠤ h behind
j ꠘꠣ y yes
k ꠇ, ꠈ ꠇꠤꠍꠝꠔ, ꠈꠥꠀꠛ k scan
l ꠟꠣ l leaf
m ꠝꠣꠁꠎꠤ m much
n ꠘꠣ n not
ŋ ꠢꠥꠋꠉꠣ, ꠞꠋ sing
p ꠍꠣꠙ꠆ꠙꠣ, ꠌꠣꠝ꠆ꠙꠣ p span
r[1] ꠞꠣ r ring; flapped or trilled r
ɽ , ꠉꠣꠠꠤ, ꠊꠥꠠꠣ US: larder
s ꠌ, ꠍ ꠌꠣꠃꠟ, ꠔꠛꠤꠞ s sue
ʃ ꠡꠣ, ꠙꠞꠤ, ꠝꠄ ś shoe
ꠔ, ꠕ ꠔꠣꠙ, ꠕꠣ t think (Th-stopping), thought (Th-stopping)
ʈ ꠐ, ꠑ ꠐꠦꠇꠞ, ꠑꠥ art (rhotic)
ꠌ, ꠍ ꠛꠣꠁꠌ꠆ꠌꠣ, ꠁꠌ꠆ꠍꠣ c catch
β ꠅꠤꠍꠣ, ꠅꠧ v visa, vote
w[2] ꠅꠣꠖꠣ, ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ w wall
x ꠇ, ꠈ ꠟꠝ, ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ k͟h Scottish loch
z ꠎ, ꠏ ꠎꠣꠇꠣꠔ, ꠏꠣꠝꠦꠟꠣ z zip
Vowels
Monophthongs
IPA Sylheti Examples ISO 15919 English Approximation
a ā father, RP cut
e ꠘ꠆ꠒꠣ ē may
i i beat
o ꠎꠥ ō sole
ɔ ꠘꠦ ô off
u ꠘ꠆ꠖꠣꠟ u food
ʊ , ꠎꠣ ŭ look
Diphthongs
ɔi ꠅꠂ, ꠅꠁ ꠅꠂꠍꠦ, ꠜꠂꠌꠣꠟ ôi soil
ɔu ꠅꠃ ꠅꠃꠡꠗ, ꠘꠃꠇꠣ ôu low
Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ primary stress
(placed before stressed syllable)[3]
ˌ secondary stress
(placed before stressed syllable)[3]
ː doubled consonant

Notes

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  1. ^ /r/ is phonetically an alveolar flap [ɾ], alveolar trill [r] or alveolar approximant [ɹ] depending on the variety and speaker.
  2. ^ When preceding a vowel in word-initial positions, /w/ may occur as an allophone of /o/ and /u/, especially in loan words e.g. ꠅꠣꠖꠣ [wada] 'promise', ꠅꠤꠟꠤꠀꠝ [wiliam] 'William'.
  3. ^ a b Primary stress usually occurs in word-initial positions with secondary stress occurring afterwards.

See also

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