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
|
| k |
kelb |
scar
|
| l |
libsa |
look
|
| m |
mara |
mole
|
| n |
nadif |
no
|
| p |
paġna |
spat
|
| r |
re |
real, better (American English)[1]
|
| s |
saqaf |
sow
|
| 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
