The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Bulgarian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See Bulgarian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Bulgarian.

Consonants
IPA Letters Examples English approximation
b б баба box
c к кюфте[1] cute
d д дом dust
d͡z дз дзифт birds
d͡ʒ дж джем jab
f ф филм fact
ɡ г гарван good
ɟ гяур[1] argue
j й, ь сойка yes
k к къща skill
l л лимон leap
ɫ лош all
ʎ любов million
m м море mocha
n н нос north
ɲ баня canyon
p п пет speak
r р работа trilled r, like in Spanish
s с стол salt, mask
ʃ ш шума sugar
t т тайна style
t͡s ц цар bats
t͡ʃ ч чай cheese
v в вода view
w у, л уиски, лош (colloquial) water
x х хартия loch (Scottish English)
z з зима zoo
ʒ ж жълт pleasure
Marginal consonants
IPA Examples English approximation
ɣ видях го between go and ahold
ç Хюз huge
ŋ банка sing
Vowels
IPA Letters Examples English approximation
a а брат father
ɤ ъ кът plus
ɛ е цена edge
i и сив police
ɔ о слон off
u у хубав pool
Reduced vowels
IPA Letters Examples English approximation
ɐ а, ъ щерка, камък sofa
o о, у нещо, уста thought (RP), coat (Scottish English)
Other symbols
IPA Description
ˈ Stress on the following syllable
ˌ Secondary stress on the following syllable

References

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  1. ^ a b Scatton 1984, p. 17.

Sources

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  • Sabev, Mitko (2015). Reduction of unstressed central and back vowels in Contemporary Standard Bulgarian (PDF). Glasgow, UK: Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
  • Scatton, Ernest A. (1984). A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian.
  • Zhobov, Valdimir (2004). Звуковете в българския език [The Sounds of the Bulgarian Language].

See also

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