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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Romansh on Wikipedia.

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Romansh 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. Some keys are built on consensus more strongly than others; if the conventions of this key are already in wide use, any substantive change to it should be discussed on the talk page first as it would affect a large number of articles.

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

Consonants
IPA		Examples	English approximation
b		buna, bler	bike
d		dent, dubel	done
dʑ^[1]		agid, jet	dew (British English)
f		fitg, flad, clav	fast
ɡ		gat, galant	gas
k		carr, architect, aug, kiosc, quai	scar
l		lavar, milli, val	lip
ʎ		egl, glieud, bigliet	roughly like million
m		milli, um	mother
n		nanin, onns	nest
ŋ		saung, lungatg	sing
ɲ		bogn, gnierv	roughly like canyon
p		papetaria, appartament, verb	spin
r	ʁ^[2]	roda, carr, meglra	water (American English) or French rose
s		vossa, nus	sorry
ʃ		schanza, glisch, puspei, scopo	ship
t		teater, ti, agid	star
ts		cefra, bellezza, zunt	cats
tɕ^[1]		chasa, tgamin	stew (British English)
tʃ		rumantsch, tschetschapuorla	chew
v		grava, watt	vent
z		casa, rosa	zipper
ʒ		sbagl, Svizra, branscha, Grischun	measure
Marginal consonants
h^[3]		haluncs, hobi	hat
Dialectal consonants
ç		amih	hue
Semivowels
j		jeu, Italia, yak	you
w		quel, ual, walkman	wine

Vowels
IPA		Examples	English approximation
a		banc, clav	roughly like father
ə ~ ɐ^[4]		casa, mellen	comma or gut
e		bler, pér	roughly like pay
ɛ		è, pèr	bed
i		ti, historic	see
ɔ		pom, toc	off
o		biro, ovra	law (British English)
u	o ~ ʊ^[2]	bun, udir	tool or pull
Dialectal vowels^[5]
ø		chaschöl, ögl	roughly like hurt
y		mür, bügl	roughly like cute

Suprasegmentals
IPA		Examples	English example
ˈ		comba [ˈkɔmbɐ]	bottle
ˌ		libramain [ˌlibrəˈmaːin]	intonation
.		gïunist [dʑi.uˈniʃt]	moai
ː		dar [daːr]	long vowel
◌̯^[6]		cuort [kuɔ̯rt]	now

Notes change

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Realization varies among dialects.
↑ ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.
↑ Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.
↑ Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.
↑ Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

[transcr-1] 1.0 ^1.1 [dʑ] and [tɕ] are also respectively transcribed as [ɟ] and [c] by some linguists.

[dial-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Realization varies among dialects.

[3] ⟨h⟩ is aspirated only in interjections and loanwards.

[4] Pronunciation varies between the two realizations.

[5] Only in Putèr and Vallader dialects and German borrowings.

[6] Used to denote the second element of a falling diphthong.

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