The chart below shows how the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد(IPA) represents والون زبان pronunciation in Wikipedia articles.[1]
English approximations are in some cases very rough, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
| حرف صحیحs
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| معاونت:با ابجدیہ |
Examples |
English approximation
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| [[|b]]
|
bén
|
beau
| | [[|ç]]
|
|
hue
| | [[|d]]
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deût
|
do
| | [[|d͡ʒ]]
|
moes d' djanvî
|
jeep
| | [[|f]]
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foû
|
festival
| | [[|ɡ]]
|
gueuye
|
gain
| | [[|k]]
|
stoumak, cwand
|
sky
| | [[|l]]
|
lére
|
loo
| | [[|m]]
|
monde
|
moo
| | [[|n]]
|
nawe
|
no
| | [[|ɲ]]
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dignité
|
roughly like canyon
| | [[|p]]
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aprinde
|
spy
| | [[|ʀ]]
|
arester
|
No English equivalent
| | [[|s]]
|
sûner, cénk, çoula, dissu
|
sing
| | [[|ʃ]]
|
chal, schåvler
|
shelf
| | [[|t]]
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tins
|
stop
| | [[|t͡ʃ]]
|
tchestea
|
chip
| | [[|v]]
|
vint
|
love
| | [[|χ]]
|
|
no English equivalent; similar to Scottish loch or German Bach but further back
| | [[|z]]
|
zûner
|
zoo
| | [[|ʒ]]
|
måjhon
|
leisure
| | Semivowels
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|---|
| [[|j]]
|
yebe
|
yes
| | [[|w]]
|
walon
|
wind
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| مصوتs
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| معاونت:با ابجدیہ |
Examples |
English approximation
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| [[|a]]
|
gade
|
between pat and bra
| | a:
|
diâle
|
between pat and bra
| | ɑ:
|
djåzer
|
spa
| | [[|ɑ̃]]
|
blanc
|
roughly like on (American English)
| | [[|e]]
|
bén
|
like hey without the glide
| | [[|ɛ]]
|
efant
|
bet
| | [[|ɛ̃]]
|
tchén, rinde
|
roughly like man (RP)
| | [[|i]]
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pitit
|
kit
| | i:
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pî
|
see
| | o:
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rôze
|
open
| | [[|ɔ]]
|
soris
|
law
| | [[|ɔ̃]]
|
djondou
|
roughly like bone (American English)
| | [[|ø]]
|
djeu
|
roughly like bird
| | [[|œ̃]]
|
djun
|
roughly like bun
| | u:
|
noû
|
coot
| | [[|ʊ]]
|
atouwer
|
book
| | [[|y]]
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pus
|
no English equivalent; French rue; rounded see
| | y:
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ût
|
as above, but longer
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