The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet represents Ukrainian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-uk }} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
Ukrainian contrasts palatalized "soft" and unpalatalized "hard" consonants. Palatalized consonants, denoted by a superscript टेम्पलेट:Angbr IPA , are pronounced with the body of the tongue raised toward the hard palate , like in the [j] sound in yes .
See Ukrainian phonology for more details on the sounds of Ukrainian.
Consonants
IPA Examples
English approximations
b б ог[1] [bɔɦ] b oot
d д им[1] [dɪm] d o
dʲ д іммідь [1] [d⁽ʲ⁾im] [midʲ]
d ew
dz дз е́ркало[1] [ˈdzɛrkɐlo] pads
dzʲ ґедзь дзь об[1] [ɡɛdzʲ] [dzʲɔb]
dʒ дж міль[1] [dʒmilʲ] j ump, ridg e
f ф а́рба[ˈfɑrbɐ] f ool
ɡ ґ а́нок[1] [ˈɡɑnok] g ood
ɣ чахох бі́лі [1] [tʃɐxoɣˈbil⁽ʲ⁾i]
between g ood and h ood
ɦ г азе́та[ɦɐˈzɛtɐ] beh ind
j й тигай ї да́льня[jtɪ] [ɦɑj] [jiˈdɑlʲnʲɐ] y es
k к люч[klʲutʃ] sc ar
l л ось[lɔsʲ] bell
lʲ л ідсіль [l⁽ʲ⁾id] [s⁽ʲ⁾ilʲ] l east
m м ир[mɪr] m oot
n н е́бо[ˈnɛbo] n oon
nʲ н і́жнийдень [ˈn⁽ʲ⁾iʒnɪj] [dɛnʲ] n ew
p п ил[pɪl] sp are
r лі́кар [ˈl⁽ʲ⁾ikɐr] trilled r , like in Spanish r iesgo
rʲ р і́чка[ˈr⁽ʲ⁾itʃkɐ]
s с уп[sup] s oup
sʲ с і́новісь [ˈs⁽ʲ⁾ino] [wisʲ]
s uit
ʃ ш пари́нави́щ е [ʃpɐˈrɪnɐ] [ˈwɪʃtʃe] sh op
t т ин[tɪn] st ar
tʲ т іньмить [t⁽ʲ⁾inʲ] [mɪtʲ] st ew
ts ц ибу́ля[tsɪˈbulʲɐ] cats
tsʲ ц іна́віне́ць [ts⁽ʲ⁾iˈnɑ] [wiˈnɛtsʲ]
tʃ оч ере́т вищ е [otʃeˈrɛt] [ˈwɪʃtʃe] ch oose
u̯ в чи́тельстав [ˈu̯tʃɪtelʲ] [stɑu̯]
tow
v Аф ганіста́н [1] [ɐvɦɐn⁽ʲ⁾iˈstɑn]
v ine
w в іл[wil] between w ine and v ine
x х овра́х [xou̯ˈrɑx]
Bach , loch
z з уб[1] [zub] z oo
zʲ з і́ллюрі́зь блення [1] [ˈz⁽ʲ⁾ilʲːʊ] , [ˈr⁽ʲ⁾izʲblenʲːɐ] pres ume
ʒ ж и́то[1] [ˈʒɪto] meas ure, garage
Other symbols
IPA
Explanation
ˈ ◌stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
ˌ ◌secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)
◌ː gemination (the consonant is pronounced twice as long)[3]
◌⁽ʲ⁾
optional nature of consonant palatalization before /i/
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Voiceless obstruents /p t tʲ ts tsʲ tʃ k x f s sʲ ʃ/ are voiced [b d dʲ dz dzʲ dʒ ɡ ɣ v z zʲ ʒ] before other voiced obstruents. [ɣ] and [v] only ever occur in this case.
↑ May also be realized as [[[
en:close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]]]. ↑ In Ukrainian, geminates are found between vowels: багаття [bɐˈɦɑtʲːɐ] подружжя [poˈdruʒːɐ] обличчя [oˈblɪtʃːɐ] лляний [ˈlʲːɑnɪj] 'flaxen', forms of the verb лити ллючи [lʲːʊˈtʃɪ] ллю [lʲːu] , ллєш [lʲːɛʃ] etc.), ссати [ˈsːɑtɪ] [प्रमाण देईं
Danyenko, Andrii; Vakulenko, Serhii (1995). Ukrainian ISBN 978-3-929075-08-3 Жовтобрюх, М.А.; Кулик, Б.М. (1965). Курс сучасної української літературної мови. Частина I. (युक्रेनी में). Kiev: Радянська школа.
[bɐˈɦɑtʲːɐ] 'bonfire', подружжя