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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Latin
The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) representsClassical Latin andEcclesiastical Latin pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPA andWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
SeeLatin phonology and orthography andLatin regional pronunciation for a more thorough look at the sounds of Latin.
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edit- ^Geminate (double) consonants are written with a doubled letter except for/jj/ and/ww/:anus[ˈanʊs],annus[ˈannʊs]. In IPA, they may be written as double or be followed by the length sign:/nn/ or/nː/.
- ^abcdefgOnly found inGreek loanwords.
- ^abcdIn Classical Latin,⟨c g t⟩ are always pronounced hard, as[kgt]. In Ecclesiastical Latin,⟨c g sc⟩ are pronounced assoft[tʃdʒʃ] before thefront vowels⟨e i y ae oe⟩, and unstressed⟨ti⟩ before a vowel is pronounced[tsi].
- ^⟨h⟩ is generally silent. Sometimes, medial⟨h⟩ is pronounced[k] in Ecclesiastical Latin:mihi[ˈmiki].
- ^abcdIn Classical Latin,⟨i u⟩ represent the vowels/ɪiː/ and/ʊuː/, and the consonants/j/ and/w/. Between consonants or when marked with macrons or breves,⟨i u⟩ are vowels. In some spelling systems,/jw/ are written with the letters⟨j v⟩. In other cases, consult a dictionary.
- Consonantal⟨i⟩, between vowels, stands fordoubled/jj/:cuius[ˈkʊjjʊs]. The vowel before the double/jj/ is usually short, but it is sometimes marked with a macron. When a prefix is added to a word beginning in/j/, the/j/ is usually single:trā-iectum[traːˈjɛktũː].
- /w/ is doubled between vowels only in Greek words, such asEuander[ɛwˈwandɛr].
- ^The diagraph⟨qu⟩ is pronounced as labio-velar[kʷ] before the vowels/a,aː,ɔ,oː,ʊ,uː/, and as labio-palatal[kᶣ] before the vowels/ɪ,iː,ɛ,eː/.
- ^/l/ has two allophones in Classical Latin. The clear[l] occurs when geminated to /ll/ and before the vowels /ɪ/ and /iː/, as well as before /ʏ/ and /yː/. Elsewhere, a dark (velarized)[ɫ] occurs: at the end of a word, before another consonant, and before all other native vowels, including /ɛ/ and /eː/.
- ^abcIn Classical Latin, the combination of a vowel and⟨m⟩ at the end of a word, or a vowel and⟨n⟩ before⟨s⟩ or⟨f⟩, represents a longnasal vowel.
- ^abcIn both Classical and Ecclesiastical Latin,⟨n⟩ is pronounced as[ŋ] before/k,ɡ/. The digraph⟨gn⟩ is pronounced as[ŋn] in Classical Latin, but[ɲ] in Ecclesiastical Latin.
- ^abIn Ecclesiastical Latin,⟨s⟩ between vowels is often pronounced[z].
- ^Classical Latin haslong and short vowels. If vowel length is marked, long vowels are marked withmacrons,⟨ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, ȳ⟩, and short vowels withbreves,⟨ă, ĕ, ĭ, ŏ, ŭ, y̆⟩. Ecclesiastical Latin does not distinguish between long and short vowels.
- ^abAlso most forms ofIrish English andNorthern England English (excludingScouse andMancunian)
- ^abThese dialects include modernReceived Pronunciation and most forms ofEnglish English (with some exceptions such asYorkshire),Australian,New Zealand,White South African,Scottish,Ulster,Southern American,Midland American,Philadelphia,Baltimore,Western Pennsylvania andCalifornia English. Other dialects of English, such asNorthern American,New York City,New England,African American Vernacular,Welsh andRepublic of Ireland English, have no close equiavalent vowel.
- ^In Classical Latin, short⟨e⟩ and⟨i⟩ have a more closed articulation,[e] and[i] when they occur before another vowel, instead of their normal Classical values of [ɛ] and [ɪ].
- ^ExcludingScottish English and most forms ofIrish English andNorthern England English (but notScouse orMancunian), which pronounce the vowel ofsay closer to Latin [eː], listed above.
- ^These dialects includeSouthern England (includingReceived Pronunciation),English Midlands,Australian,New Zealand, theSouthern American,Midland American,Philadelphia,Baltimore,Western Pennsylvania and youngerCalifornian English. Other dialects of English, such as most other forms ofAmerican English,Northern England English,Welsh English,Scottish English andIrish English, have no close equivalent vowel.
- ^In words of two syllables, the stress is on the first syllable. In words of three or more syllables, the stress is on thepenultimate syllable ifheavy, and on theantepenultimate syllable otherwise. There are some exceptions, most caused bycontraction orelision.
- ^This does not indicate a glottal stop [ʔ]; glottal stops are not reconstructed for Latin prosody in word-internal hiatus.