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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Esperanto 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 Esperanto phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Esperanto.

Consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
b bela best
t͡s enciklopedio
celo
pizza
t͡ʃ ĉar cheese
d devi debt
f fero face
ɡ gumo go
d͡ʒ ĝeni Jane
h havi high
x monaĥo
ĥaoso
loch
j jaro you
ʒ heredaĵo
ĵurnalo
vision
k kilo keen
l lerni lean
m mapo mother
n nazo need
p perlo pearl
r resti far (Scottish English)
s sekvi sell
ʃ ŝelko shadow
t teritorio territory
v valvo valve
z zinko zinc
Vowels
IPA Examples English approximation
a sana father
e bele bell
i vidi seat
o modo more
u ŝutu cool
Diphthongs
IPA Examples English approximation
ai̯ pajlo; gaja; veraj bye
au̯ dri; na; hodi about
ei̯ vejno; lernejo bay
eu̯ fdo; ropo go (some dialects[a])
oi̯ sojlo; vojo; kukoj boy
ui̯ tuj; Francujo; kiuj tui
ou̯ ppo; tfuo goal

Notes

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  1. ^ These dialects include Southern England (including Received Pronunciation), English Midlands, Australian, New Zealand, the Southern American, Midland American, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Western Pennsylvania and younger Californian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms of American, Northern England, Welsh, Scottish and Irish English, have no close equivalent vowel

See also

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