Help:IPA/Kannada

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

Key

Vowels
IPA	Kannada	ISO 15919^[1]	Meaning	Approximate English equivalent^[2]
ɐ	ಅಗ್ನಿ (help·info)	agni	'fire'	about
ɑː	ಆನೆ (help·info)	āne	'elephant'	father
i	ಇಲಿ (help·info)	ili	'mouse'	sit
iː	ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ (help·info)	īruḷḷi	'onion'	even
ʊ	ಉಪ್ಪು (help·info)	uppu	'salt'	foot
uː	ಊಟ (help·info)	ūta	'meal'	loot
ɾ͜ɯ	ಋಷಿ (help·info)	r̥ṣi	'sage'	almost like Scottish truth
(ʲ)e	ಎಲೆ (help·info)	(y)ele	'leaf'	yes
(ʲ)eː	ಏಡಿ (help·info)	(y)ēḍi	'crab'	German Jäger
a ɪ̯	ಐದು (help·info)	aidu	'five'	ice
(ʷ)o	ಒಣ (help·info)	(w)oṇa	'dry'	British English want
(ʷ)oː	ಓಲೆ (help·info)	(w)ōle	'ring'	won’t
aʊ̯	ಔಷಧ (help·info)	auṣadha	'medicine'	RP outside
ɐm, ɐn̪	ಅಂಬಿ, ಅಂಗಡಿ (help·info)	aṁbi, angaḍi	'boat', 'shop'	among, under
ɦ	ದುಃಖ (help·info)	duḥkha	'grief'	ahead but said quickly

Consonants
IPA	Kannada	ISO 15919^[1]	Meaning	Approximate English equivalent^[2]
k	ಕಳ್ಳ (help·info)	kaḷḷa	'thief'	sky
kʰ	ಖಡ್ಗ (help·info)	khaḍga	'sword'	sinkhole
g	ಗಾಡಿ (help·info)	gāḍi	'car'	again
gʰ	ಘಟನೆ (help·info)	ghaṭane	'incident'	doghouse
ŋ	ಙವನ (help·info)	ṅavana	'melody'	RP Hungary
t͡ʃ	ಚಕ್ರ (help·info)	cakra	'wheel'	catch
t͡ʃʰ	ಛತ್ರಿ (help·info)	chatri	'umbrella'	cheese
d͡ʒ	ಜಖಂ (help·info)	jakhaṁ	'wound'	badger
d͡ʒʰ	ಝರಿ (help·info)	jhari	'stream'	jolt
ɲ	Audio file "Kn-jnaana.ogg" not found	jñāna	'knowledge'	Spanish mañana
ʈ	Audio file "Kn-tavalu.ogg" not found	ṭavalu	'towel'	cart
ʈʰ	Audio file "Kn-thaane.ogg" not found	ṭhāṇe	'station'	boathouse
ɖ	Audio file "Kn-dabba.ogg" not found	ḍabba	'container'	road
ɖʰ	Audio file "Kn-dhage.ogg" not found	ḍhage	'excessive heat'	redhead
ɳ	Audio file "Kn-namoo.ogg" not found	ṇamō	'reverence'	Swedish garn
t̪	Audio file "Kn-thale.ogg" not found	tale	'head'	thing
t̪ʰ	Audio file "Kn-thhadi.ogg" not found	thaḍi	'demarcation'	bathhouse
d̪	Audio file "Kn-danta.ogg" not found	danta	'tusk'	this
d̪ʰ	Audio file "Kn-dharma.ogg" not found	dharma	'virtue'	Italian dare, but aspirated
n̪	Audio file "Kn-navilu.ogg" not found	navilu	'peacock'	anthem
p	Audio file "Kn-panjara.ogg" not found	panjara	'skeleton'	spill
pʰ	Audio file "Kn-pharmaanu.ogg" not found	pharmānu	'command'	panther
b	Audio file "Kn-banna.ogg" not found	baṇṇa	'color'	bat
bʰ	Audio file "Kn-bhakti.ogg" not found	bhakti	'devotion'	clubhouse
m	Audio file "Kn-mahaa.ogg" not found	mahā	'grand'	manor
j	Audio file "Kn-yantra.ogg" not found	yantra	'machine'	yellow
ɾ	Audio file "Kn-raktha.ogg" not found	rakta	'blood'	American atom
l	Audio file "Kn-labdha.ogg" not found	labdha	'acquired'	lotus
ʋ	Audio file "Kn-vayassu.ogg" not found	vayassu	'age'	between /v/ and /w/
ʃ	Audio file "Kn-shankha.ogg" not found	śankha	'conch shell'	German Schweiz
ʂ	Audio file "Kn-sshakku.ogg" not found	ṣakku	'suspicion'	Polish szansa
s	Audio file "Kn-sahaaya.ogg" not found	sahāya	'assistance'	sell
h	Audio file "Kn-hatti.ogg" not found	hatti	'cotton'	health
ɭ	Audio file "Kn-late.ogg" not found	ḷate	'branch'	Swedish sorl

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "ISO 15919:2001". ISO. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Approximation in General American English (unless otherwise noted)

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "ISO 15919:2001". ISO. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Approximation in General American English (unless otherwise noted)

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