Help:IPA/Malayalam

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

Consonants IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation k ക k sky kʰ ഖ kh khan ɡ ഗ g go ɡʱ ഘ gh No English equivalent t͡ʃ ച c church t͡ʃʰ ഛ ch which hand ɟ ജ j junior ɟʱ ഝ jh No English equivalent ʈ ട ṭ tide but retroflex ʈʰ ഠ ṭh got the but retroflex ɖ ഡ ḍ dog but retroflex ɖʱ ഢ ḍh No English equivalent t ത t earthed tʰ ഥ th get down d ദ d dad dʱ ധ dh No English equivalent p പ p pain f/pʰ ഫ ph Has two pronunciations, either as football or pan b ബ b big bʱ ഭ bh No English equivalent ŋ ങ ṅ sing ɲ ഞ ñ cognac ɳ ണ ṇ Hindi Varuna n̪ ന n month m മ m mall j യ y yes ɾ ര r Spanish tres l ല l listen ʋ വ v curve ʃ ശ ś sugar ʂ ഷ ṣ shun s സ s so h ഹ h head ɭ ള ḷ Swedish sorl ɻ ഴ ɻ run (rhotic r, as in American English) r റ ṟ Spanish rojo n ഩ ṉ not

Vowels IPA Malayalam ISO 15919 English approximation a അ a cart aː ാ, ആ ā father ə അ a about ɪ ി, ഇ i sit iː ീ, ഈ ī seat ʊ ു, ഉ u full uː ൂ, ഊ ū fool r̥ ൃ, ഋ r̥ better e െ, എ e eight eː േ, ഏ ē eight but longer o ൊ, ഒ o sole oː ോ, ഓ ō Irish pronunciation of coat əɪ ൈ, ഐ ai mile əʊ ൗ, ൌ, ഔ au British RP of fold Suprasegmentals IPA ˈ stress (placed before stressed syllable)