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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Somali language 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.

Consonants
IPA Orthography English approximation
b b about
d d dent
j jump
ɖ dh herd
f f fish
ɡ g go
h h head
ħ x RP horrible
j y yet
k k kite
l l late
m m much
n n no
q q MLE cut
r r AmE atom
ɽ dh Hausa bara
ʃ sh shoe
t t teeth
w w wet
x kh SSE loch
χ kh Welsh Harlech
z[1] s/z zebra
ʔ ' uh-oh
ʕ c Danish ravn
Vowels
IPA Orthography English approximation
ɑ a RP last
aa Southern American ride
e e bet
ee bear
i i happy
ii bee
o o story
oo thaw
u u fruition
uu cool
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples English approximation
ˈ◌́ ínan [ˈʔɪ́nɑ̀n] 'boy'
inán [ʔɪ̀ˈnɑ́n] 'girl'
óbject (noun) /ˈɒbɛkt/
objéct (verb) /əbˈɛkt/
◌̀ ínan [ˈʔɪ́nɑ̀n] 'boy'
inán [ʔɪ̀ˈnɑ́n] 'girl'
óbject (noun) /ˈɒbɛkt/
objéct (verb) /əbˈɛkt/
◌̂ dhiig [ɖɪ̂ːɡ] 'blood' Mandarin 爸/bà [pâ]

Notes

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  1. ^ Only found in loanwords

See also

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