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

See Maldivian phonology for a more throrough look of the sounds of Maldivian.

Consonants
IPA Thaana Malé Latin English approximation
b ބ b bed
ᵐb ނބ mb zombie
d̪ ދ dh do
ⁿd̪ ނދ​ ndh handy
ɖ ޑ d American guard
ᶯɖ ނޑ nd American barndoor
dʒ ޖ j jump
j ޔ​ y yes
f ފ​ f fast
ɡ ގ g go
ᵑɡ ނގ ng angle
h ހ h head
k ކ k scan
l ލ l leaf
ɭ ޅ lh Southern American parlor
m މ m much
n ނ n not
ɲ ޏ ny canyon
ŋ[a] ން n sing
ɳ ޱ nh Southern American internet
p ޕ p span
ɾ ރ r North American atom
ɽ[b] ށ rh North American larder
s̺ ސ s see
ʂ ށ sh General American worship
t̪ ތ th stop
ʈ ޓ t General American art
tʃ ޗ ch exchange
ʋ ވ v between vase and wine
z̺ ޒ z zebra
ʔ އް h uh-oh
Marginal consonants[c]
dˤ ޟ d do (pharyngealised)
ʕ ޢ No English equivalent; Danish ravn
ɣ ޣ gh Scouse grass
ħ ޙ h Received Pronunciation horrible
x ޚ kh Scottish loch
q ޤ q Multicultural London scuttle
sˤ ޞ s see (pharyngealised)
ʃ ޝ sh she
θ ޘ s thin
tˤ ޠ t stop (pharyngealised)
w ޥ w win
ð ޛ z the
ðˤ ޡ z the (pharyngealised)
ʒ ޜ zh pleasure
Vowels
IPA Thaana Malé Latin English approximation
a އަ a Canadian hat
aː އާ aa Inland Northern American bra
ɪ އި i tick
iː އީ ee feet
ʊ އު u put
uː އޫ oo choose
e އެ e bed
eː އޭ ey Indian day
o އޮ o story
oː އޯ oa Indian goat
Diphthongs
aɪ އައި ai die
aʊ އައު au house
oɪ އޮއި oi boy

Notes

  1. ^ Only appears as an allophone of /n/ at the end of words.
  2. ^ Appears in certain dialects only; corresponds to /ʂ/ in standard Maldivian. Often a voiceless retroflex flap [ɽ̊] or a trill [ɽ͡r̥].[1]
  3. ^ /dˤ, ʕ, ɣ, ħ, x, q, sˤ, ʃ, θ, tˤ, w, ð, ðˤ/ are found exclusive in loanwords from Arabic, and /ʒ/ is found in loanwords from Persian and English. However, they are often substituted with native phonemes.

References

  1. ^ Maumoon (2002:35)
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Maldivian