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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Tigrinya on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tigrinya 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.

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

The Tigrinya letters (ፊደላት) in the last charts have the consonants in rows and the vowels in columns. Each letter is represented by one consonant (or consonant cluster) and one vowel.

Vowel Orders	IPA	Transliteration	English Approximation
First Order	ɐ	ä	better (sometimes a schwa)
Second Order	u	u	cool
Third Order	i	i	seat
Fourth Order	ä	a	Between fat and father[1]
Fifth Order	e	e	way
Sixth Order	ɨ	ə	Roses
Seventh Order	o	o	story

IPA	ɐ	u	i	ä	e	ɨ	o	English approximation	Transliteration
b	በ	ቡ	ቢ	ባ	ቤ	ብ	ቦ	Bed	b
d	ደ	ዱ	ዲ	ዳ	ዴ	ድ	ዶ	Dad	d
d͡ʒ	ጀ	ጁ	ጂ	ጃ	ጄ	ጅ	ጆ	Judge	ǧ, j
f	ፈ	ፉ	ፊ	ፋ	ፌ	ፍ	ፎ	Far	f
ɡ	ገ	ጉ	ጊ	ጋ	ጌ	ግ	ጎ	Go	g
h	ሀ	ሁ	ሂ	ሃ	ሄ	ህ	ሆ	How	h
h	ኀ	ኁ	ኂ	ኃ	ኄ	ኅ	ኆ		h, ḫ
ħ	ሐ	ሑ	ሒ	ሓ	ሔ	ሕ	ሖ	No English equivalent	h, ḥ
j	የ	ዩ	ዪ	ያ	ዬ	ይ	ዮ	Yes	y
k	ከ	ኩ	ኪ	ካ	ኬ	ክ	ኮ	King	k
kʼ	ቀ	ቁ	ቂ	ቃ	ቄ	ቅ	ቆ	Ski	ḳ
xʼ	ቐ	ቑ	ቒ	ቓ	ቔ	ቕ	ቖ	Kite	ḳh
l	ለ	ሉ	ሊ	ላ	ሌ	ል	ሎ	Let	l
m	መ	ሙ	ሚ	ማ	ሜ	ም	ሞ	Match	m
n	ነ	ኑ	ኒ	ና	ኔ	ን	ኖ	Now	n
ɲ	ኘ	ኙ	ኚ	ኛ	ኜ	ኝ	ኞ	Onion	ñ
p	ፐ	ፑ	ፒ	ፓ	ፔ	ፕ	ፖ	Pin	p
pʼ	ጰ	ጱ	ጲ	ጳ	ጴ	ጵ	ጶ	Upper	p̣
ɾ ~ r	ረ	ሩ	ሪ	ራ	ሬ	ር	ሮ	Water SAE	r
s	ሰ	ሱ	ሲ	ሳ	ሴ	ስ	ሶ	Sight	s
s	ሠ	ሡ	ሢ	ሣ	ሤ	ሥ	ሦ		ś
tsʼ	ጸ	ጹ	ጺ	ጻ	ጼ	ጽ	ጾ	Pizza	ṣ
tsʼ	ፀ	ፁ	ፂ	ፃ	ፄ	ፅ	ፆ		ṣ́
ʃ	ሸ	ሹ	ሺ	ሻ	ሼ	ሽ	ሾ	Short	š
t	ተ	ቱ	ቲ	ታ	ቴ	ት	ቶ	Talk	t
t͡ʃ	ቸ	ቹ	ቺ	ቻ	ቼ	ች	ቾ	Church	č
t͡ʃʼ	ጨ	ጩ	ጪ	ጫ	ጬ	ጭ	ጮ	Achoo	č̣
tʼ	ጠ	ጡ	ጢ	ጣ	ጤ	ጥ	ጦ	Stick	ṭ
v	ቨ	ቩ	ቪ	ቫ	ቬ	ቭ	ቮ	Vault	v
x	ኸ	ኹ	ኺ	ኻ	ኼ	ኽ	ኾ	Scottish loch	x, kh
w	ወ	ዉ	ዊ	ዋ	ዌ	ው	ዎ	Walk	w
z	ዘ	ዙ	ዚ	ዛ	ዜ	ዝ	ዞ	Zoo	z
ʒ	ዠ	ዡ	ዢ	ዣ	ዤ	ዥ	ዦ	Pleasure	ž
ʔ	አ	ኡ	ኢ	ኣ	ኤ	እ	ኦ	Uh-oh	ʾ , -
ʕ	ዐ	ዑ	ዒ	ዓ	ዔ	ዕ	ዖ	No English equivalent	ʿ, ʾ, -

IPA	ɐ	i	ä	e	ɨ
ɡʷ	ጐ	ጒ	ጓ	ጔ	ጕ
hʷ	ኈ	ኊ	ኋ	ኌ	ኍ
kʷ	ኰ	ኲ	ኳ	ኴ	ኵ
xʷ	ዀ	ዂ	ዃ	ዄ	ዅ
kʼʷ	ቈ	ቊ	ቋ	ቌ	ቍ
xʼʷ	ቘ	ቚ	ቛ	ቜ	ቝ

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