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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Quechua

The chart below shows the ways in whichIPA represents the pronunciations ofQuechuan languages in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPA andWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

A superscript flag signals a sound or spelling found specifically in theCuzco-Collao varieties, is forAyacucho Quechua, is forAncash Quechua,^c is forChachapoyas Quechua and is forWanka Quechua.

Consonants
IPA	Orthography	Examples	English approximation
dʒ	ll^c	llusha^[1]	job
h	h	huñuy,muhu	house
j	y	yana,paya,ayni,kay	yes
k	k	kuntur,puka,chakra,wanka,wak^[2]^[3]	scat
kʰ	kh	khuyay,ukhu	cat
kʼ	k'	k'ispa,nak'ay	like scat,but with a restriction of air
l	l	layu,q'ala	lamp
ʎ	ll	llapa,allin,allqu,chunchull^[4]	similar to billion; equal to Italian figlio
m	m	marka,ama,pampa,qam	map
n	n	nina,nanay,anta,ancha^[5]	none
ɲ	ñ	ñit'iy,wiñay,qiñwa	similar to canyon
ŋ	n	anka,purin,pampa^[5]^[6]	sing
ɴ	n	anqas^[5]	similar to sing, but further back
p	p	pirqa,papa,sapsa^[2]^[3]	spat
pʰ	ph	phiña,iphu	pan
pʼ	p'	p'unchaw,sip'u,hamp'atu	like spat, but with a restriction of air
q	q	qullqi,ñuqa,waqra,kamayuq^[2]^[7]^[8]	similar to scud, but deeper in the throat
χ			similar to loch, but further back
ʔ ~h ~x ~ ∅			either like the stop between uh-ohorhappy
qʰ	qh	qhapaq,aqha	similar to scud, but deeper in the throat
qʼ	q'	q'isa,suq'u,hamanq'ay	similar to scud, but with a restriction of air
ɾ	r	runtu,uray,turpay,yawar	like atomin American English
s	s	sunqu,wasi,iskay,añas	son
s̠ ~ s̺^[9]	sh	shunqu	betweensonandshave
ʃ	sh	shunqu	shave
ʃ	chka / sha	kachkanki /kashanki,qhichwa^[9]	shave
t	t	tinku,pata,utkhu^[2]^[3]	stop
tʰ	th	thamay	top
tʼ	t'	t'utura,t'uqyay	like stunt, but with a restriction of air
ts	ts	tsiqtsi,patsa,atska^[10]	tsunami
tʃ	ch	chunka,pacha,achka^[2]	eschew
tʃʰ	chh	chhalla	child
tʃʼ	ch'	ch'aska	like eschew,but with a restriction of air
tʂ	ćh / tr	ćhaki /traki	like eschew, but with a retracted tongue
w	w	wañuy,away,kawsay,alalaw	water
ʒ	ll^c	killa,kullki,sallka^[1]	measure
Non-native consonants
b	b	binsiy,kabra	bet
d	d	dusi,radyu	dice
ɡ	g	gustay,iigus	guts
f	f	familya	fern
ʐ	rr	irriru	like pleasure, but with a retracted tongue
Stress
ˈ	sometimes ◌́	manam [ˈmanam],mamalláy [mamaˈʎaj]	London [ˈlʌndən]
Syllable break
.	chakra [ˈtʃak.ɾa]		flower/ˈflaʊ.ər/(contrasting with flour/ˈflaʊər/)

Vowels
IPA	Orthography	Examples	English approximation
a	a	karu,yuraq	trap
aː	aa	qaara	similar to father
i	i	nina^[11]	lip
iː	ii	miitu	see
iː	uy^c	llumtsuy,luychu^[12]
eː	ay^c	tayta	sayin Northern British English
ɛ	i	irqi^[13]	pet
oː	aw^c	chawpi	noin Northern British English
ɔ	u	Qusqu,urqu^[14]	similar tooff
u	u	kusi^[15]	hook
uː	uu	puukay	cool
Reduced vowels
ə	u^c	-kuna	comma

Notes

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^^a ^bIn all Chachapoyas Quechua varieties, except theGranada-Olleros one, /ʎ/ is realised as [dʒ] word-initially, but simply as [ʒ] word-internally:killa [kiʒa],kullki [kuʒki].
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eIn the Cuzco-Collao varieties, the stops /p, t, k, q/ and the affricate /t͡ʃ/ are spirantised as [ɸ, s, x, χ] and [s ~ ʃ] at the end of the syllable.
^^a ^b ^cIn the Chachapoyas Quechua varieties, the stops /p, t, k/ are voiced after nasals, becoming [b, d, ɡ]:shunku [ʃuŋɡu].
^In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, the lateral approximant /ʎ/ becomes [l] at the end of the syllable.
^^a ^b ^cSyllable-final /n/ is realised as [ŋ], except before homorganic consonants. Other allophones of /n/ include [ŋ] in front of /k/ and [ɴ] in front of /q/.
^In the Cuzco-Collao varieties, /m/ is pronounced as [ŋ] at the end of the syllable. Moreover, in Ayacucho Quechua, syllable-final /m/ turns into [ŋ] whenever it is in front of /m, tʃ, w/*. In the eastern varieties of Ayacucho Quechua, /m/ also turns into [ŋ] only before /p/.
^In Ancash Quechua, /q/ is pronounced as [q] in all positions for theCallejón de Huaylas variety, and sometimes it gets spirantised [χ] at the end of the syllable. In most other places, it is realised as [ʁ], keeping its spirantisation process in syllable-final position. The Corongo variety also realises it as [χ] syllable-initially.
^The way /q/ is realised depends on the variety of Wanka Quechua one speaks.Jauja Quechua usually pronounces it as [x ~ h], except after fricatives, where it normally disappears. In the rest of varieties—such as those ofConcepción andHuancayo—/q/ is normally realised as zero [∅] at the beginnings of words, and [ʔ] mostly everywhere else, except at the end of syllables, where it turns into compensatory lengthening [(V)ː] of the previous vowel.
^^a ^bIn the Cuzco-Collao varieties, and to some extent all Southern Quechua varieties, the morpheme -chka- 'progressive' is realised as [ʃa], to the point that it also gets written ⟨sh⟩. Other than that, the grapheme ⟨sh⟩ has been used to represent Cuzco-Collao's /tʃʰ/, which should not be taken to mean that there is a realisation of */tʃʰ/ as [ʃ] (Cerrón-Palomino 1997). As mentioned in Note 1, syllable-final /tʃ/ also turns into [ʃ ~ s].
^InSihuas (exceptSicsibamba) and some districts withinBolognesi, /ts/ is realised as [tʃ] or [s].
^/i/ is realised as [ɪ] in some contexts, especially word-finally.
^In Ancash Quechua, the monophthongisation of /uj/ into [iː] is very restricted, and only occurs when the segment /y/ belongs to a different morpheme (e.g. -y, -yki, -yku, -ykaa) and is not present in all sub-varieties, such as the Northern Huaylas one. Julca Guerrero (2010) has only found it in two lexemes, the ones presented as examples in this table.
^In all Quechua varieties, /i/ is realised as [e ~ ɛ] when in direct or indirect contact (with a meddling obstruent) with uvular /q/. The allophone [e] normally occurs in closed syllables, and [ɛ] everywhere else.
^In all Quechua varieties, /u/ is realised as [o ~ ɔ] when in direct or indirect contact (with a meddling obstruent) with uvular /q/. The allophone [o] normally occurs in closed syllables, and [ɔ] everywhere else.
^/u/ is realised as [ʊ] in some contexts, especially word-finally.

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