Help:IPA/Hungarian

This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hungarian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hungarian 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. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Hungarian

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

See Hungarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hungarian.

Consonants IPA Examples English approximation b bot, képzés boat c tyúk, ágytól, látja, átnyúlik stew d dob, hétből duck d͡z madzag, ketrecben lads d͡ʒ dzsessz, ácsból jug f fa, szívtam fast ɡ gép, zsákból go h hó happy j jó, lyuk yes ɟ gyár, pintyből, adja, nagy RP due k kép, fogtam scat l ló lip m ma, színpad man n nem nap ŋ munka bank ɲ nyár, pinty canyon p pipa, dobtam spun r ró, balra rolled r s szó, méztől sun ʃ só, rúzstól, község ship t toll, adhat stone t͡s cél, edzhet cats t͡ʃ csak, bridzstől, segítség chop v vág, széfben vat z zöld, mészből zipper ʒ zseb, hasba rouge

Vowels IPA Examples English approximation ɒ hat RP hot aː vár AuE father ɛ ez bet eː él pay (without the final y-sound as in diphthongs)[1] i visz happy iː víz knee o ok hole (GA) oː tó north AuE ø öl Somewhat like nurse øː lő Somewhat like purr u ujj put uː út school y üt Somewhat like cute (but without the initial 'y' sound) yː tűz Somewhat like cue (but without the initial 'y' sound) Marginal vowels ɒː A RP nod a kalcium, Svájc AuE but ɛː E bad Stress ˈ Stress falls on the first syllable of a word

Sound changes

Degemination

• Long consonants become short when preceded or followed by another consonant: folttal [foltɒl].

Intercluster elision

• /d/ and /t/ in the middle of clusters of three or more consonants may be omitted, depending on speed and articulation of speech.

References

1. Rounds, Carol H. (2009). Hungarian An Essential Grammar. Routledge: Routledge. p. 8. ISBN 978-0415777377.

Bibliography

• Szende, Tamás (1994), "Illustrations of the IPA: Hungarian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 24 (2): 91–94, doi:10.1017/s0025100300005090