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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Albanian 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.

Consonants
IPA Orthography English approximation Examples
bbbat bujtinë
cqLatvian ķ qytet
dddebt direk
dzxgoods xibërrishtë
xhjet xhevahir
ðdhthen dhellak
fffar faleminderit
ɡggo galdohet
hhhat histori
jjyes jetë
ɟgjLatvian ģ gjueti
kkscar kur
lllean lojë
ɫllbull llaçkë
mmman mënyrë
nnnot nën
ɲnjcanyon njeri
ŋngbang ardhang
ppspend puna
rrrrolled r[1] rrushi
ɾrAmerican atom[1] refuzoj
ssson sigurt
ʃshshow shko
ttstand tahmin
tschats capitje
ç[2]chin çmendur
vvvan vërtetë
zzzip zinxhir
ʒzhvision zhulicë
θththin thuaj
Vowels
IPA Orthography English approximation Examples
aafather kaq
ɛebed me
əëabout për
iiseed çift
ɔooff (Tosk) kos
ostory (Gheg)
uucool nuk
yysomewhat like cute dy
 
Suprasegmentals
IPA Examples Explanation
ˈgjahtar [ɟahˈtaɾ] primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable)

See also

Notes

  1. The contrast between flapped r and trilled rr is the same as in Spanish. English does not phonemically have either sound.
  2. The letter ç is sometimes written ch due to technical limitations or because of its use in English for the same sound and its analogy to the other digraphs xh, sh, and zh. Usually, it is written simply c or, more rarely, q, with the context resolving any ambiguities.

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