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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Japanese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Japanese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Japanese / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Japanese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
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- Vowels
- Moraic N
- Consonants
The vowels a, e, i, o, and u are generally pronounced somewhat similarly to those in Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Slavic languages.The vowel u is similar to that of the oo in moon, although shorter and without lip-rounding. In certain contexts, such as after "s" at the end of a word, the vowel is devoiced, so desu may sound li...Japanese vowels can either be long (bimoraic) or short (monomoraic). The macron denotes a long vowel.An n before a consonant is moraic (its own mora).A moraic n followed by a vowel or y is written n' to distinguish it from mora that begin with the consonant n.The moraic n has various phonetic realisations:The consonant f is bilabial: the teeth are not used, and the sound is much softer than the "f" of English. [tōfu] "tōfu"The consonant r is a flapped or tapped consonant. To an English speaker's ears, its pronunciation lies somewhere between a flapped t (as in American and Australian English better and ladder), an l...The consonant n at final or n before r is uvular: This consonant is a sound made further back, as of making a nasal sound at the place to articulate the French ʁ. [shinryaku] "invasion"It seems you thought /iː/ represented an inherently long vowel, but as Vowel length explains, few varieties of English contrast vowels in length only, and many sources represent the same vowel (the FLEECE vowel) as /i/. Not only deed but meet, which exemplifies [i] here, have the FLEECE vowel, so deed wouldn't help illustrate what ː means ...
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If you have trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. Here is a basic key to the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. For the smaller set of symbols that is sufficient for English, see Help:IPA/English. Several rare IPA symbols are not included; these are found in the main IPA article or on the extensive IPA chart.
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.
