| IPA |
ਮਿਸਾਲਾਂ |
ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਾ
|
| ਵਿਅੰਜਨ
|
| c
|
gys
|
skew
|
| cʰ
|
kær
|
cute
|
| ç
|
hjá
|
hue
|
| ð
|
verða[1]
|
weather
|
| f
|
dýpka, fló
|
fun
|
| h
|
hús
|
hop
|
| ʰ
|
þakka, tappi, stutt
|
(an h sound before [p, t, c, k])
|
| j
|
jú, lagi, éta
|
yes
|
| k
|
göng
|
sky
|
| kʰ
|
hver, krakki
|
kite
|
| l
|
líf
|
leap
|
| l̥
|
stelpa, sæll
|
(voiceless, like hl)
|
| ɫ
|
'
|
wool
|
| ɫ̥
|
'
|
(voiceless)
|
| m
|
miði
|
moon
|
| m̥
|
lampi
|
(voiceless, like hm)
|
| n
|
níu
|
noon
|
| n̥
|
hnífur
|
(voiceless, like hn)
|
| ɲ
|
lengi
|
canyon
|
| ɲ̊
|
banki [ˈpauɲ̥cɪ]
|
(voiceless, like hny)
|
| ŋ
|
ungs
|
sing
|
| ŋ̊
|
þungt
|
(voiceless, like hng)
|
| θ
|
það
|
think
|
| p
|
böl, nafni
|
spy
|
| pʰ
|
páfi
|
pie
|
| r
|
rós
|
ring (trilled)
|
| r̥
|
hreinn
|
(voiceless, like hr)
|
| s
|
saga
|
sing
|
| t
|
dagur, galli, seinna
|
sty
|
| tʰ
|
tvær
|
tie
|
| v
|
afi, verk[1]
|
very
|
| x
|
sjúkt, sagt
|
Bach
|
| ɣ
|
lög[1]
|
(like Spanish trigo or amargo)
|
| ʔ
|
'
|
oh-oh!
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Vowels (all examples are long)
|
| a
|
raka
|
between fat and father
|
| ai
|
æfing
|
pie
|
| au
|
páfi
|
pow
|
| ɛ
|
nema
|
pet
|
| ei
|
heim
|
pay
|
| i
|
líf,
|
pea
|
| ɪ
|
yfir, vita
|
pick
|
| œ
|
öl
|
(like French eu or German ö)
|
| øi
|
auga
|
|
| ou
|
kólna
|
Poe
|
| ɔ
|
von
|
pore
|
| ɔi
|
flogin
|
poi
|
| u
|
núna
|
poodle
|
| ʏ
|
kul
|
(like French u or German ü)
|
| ʏi
|
flugið
|
(ʏ before j)
|
| Other symbols used in transcription of Icelandic pronunciation
|
| IPA |
Explanation
|
| ˈ
|
stress (placed before the stressed syllable),
langur [ˈlauŋkʏr̥]
|
| ː
|
long vowel,[2] double consonant
|
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