The charts below show the way in which the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد represents مالٹی زبان pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See مالٹی زبان for a more thorough look at the sounds of Maltese.
حرف صحیحs
بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
b |
ballun |
boy
|
d |
dar |
duck
|
d͡z |
gazzetta |
pads
|
d͡ʒ |
ġelat |
jail
|
f |
fwieħa |
four
|
ɡ |
gallettina |
game
|
ħ |
ħadem |
somewhat like hat; Arabic ḥāʾ (ح)
|
j |
jum |
yes
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k |
kelb |
scar
|
l |
libsa |
look
|
m |
mara |
mole
|
n |
nadif |
no
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p |
paġna |
spat
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r |
re |
real, better (American English)[1]
|
s |
saqaf |
sow
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ʃ |
xadina |
shell
|
t |
tieqa |
stake
|
t͡s |
zokk |
sits
|
t͡ʃ |
ċavetta |
chew
|
v |
vaska |
vet
|
w |
warda |
wall
|
z |
żaqq |
zoo
|
ʔ |
Luqa |
RP button; Hebrew aleph (א)
|
مصوتs
بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
a |
fatt |
cut
|
ɐː |
rani |
father
|
ɛ |
belt |
met
|
eː |
dehra |
like head, but longer
|
iː |
dik |
like bid, but longer
|
ɪ |
wisa |
bit
|
ɪː |
wied |
need
|
ɔ |
moħħ |
got (RP)
|
oː |
sod |
core
|
uː |
mur |
pool
|
ʊ |
kuntratt |
look
|
Diphthongs
بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
aɪ |
għajn ,għid |
light
|
eɪ |
għid |
hate
|
oʊ |
għum |
code
|
øʊ/ø: |
ewwel |
code(RP English/eu/oeu in french
|
aʊ |
għawn |
how
|
oɪ |
bojod |
boy
|
- ↑ The realization of the phoneme /r/ varies; some speakers pronounce it as an approximant [ɻ] virtually identical to that used for real in the western United States, while others pronounce it as a tap [ɾ], similar to the pronunciation of ⟨t⟩ and ⟨d⟩ between vowels in American and Australian English. When geminated, it may be pronounced as a lengthened approximant [ɻː], a tap [ɾ], or a trill [r].
- Elizabeth Hume (1996)۔ "Coronal consonant, front vowel parallels in Maltese"۔ Natural Language & Linguistic Theory۔ ج 14 شمارہ 1: 163–203