Pronuncia
From Gallese
Letter names and sound values
"N" and "S" represent the variants in the northern and southern dialects of Welsh.
Letter Name Corresponding sounds English approximation a Template:Lang Template:IPA cat (short) / father (long) b Template:Lang Template:IPA bat c Template:Lang Template:IPA case ch Template:Lang Template:IPA loch (Scottish) d<ref group=* name=si>The sequence si indicates Template:IPA when followed by a vowel; similarly, di and ti sometimes indicate Template:IPA and Template:IPA respectively when followed by a vowel, although these sounds are spelled j and ts in loanwords like Template:Lang "jug" and Template:Lang "watch".</ref> Template:Lang Template:IPA day dd Template:Lang Template:IPA this e Template:Lang Template:IPA bed (short) / closest to hey (long) f Template:Lang Template:IPA vat ff Template:Lang Template:IPA four g Template:Lang Template:IPA gate ng Template:Lang Template:IPA thing h<ref group=*>In addition to representing the phoneme Template:IPA, h indicates voicelessness in the graphemes mh, nh, and ngh. The digraph ph – which indicates the aspirate mutation of p (e.g. ei phen-ôl) – may also be found very occasionally in words derived from Greek (e.g. Template:Lang), although most words of Greek origin are spelt with ff (e.g. Template:Lang).</ref> Template:Lang, Template:Lang Template:IPA hat i Template:Lang (N), Template:Lang (S) Template:IPA bit (short) / machine (long) / yes (as consonant; before vowels) l Template:Lang Template:IPA lad ll Template:Lang Template:IPA not present in English; a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative m Template:Lang Template:IPA mat n Template:Lang Template:IPA net o Template:Lang Template:IPA Short, like "bog" in RP; long like stove in Scottish English, North Central American English and West/Central Canadian English p Template:Lang Template:IPA pet ph Template:Lang Template:IPA phone r Template:Lang Template:IPA rat (trilled) rh Template:Lang, Template:Lang Template:IPA pray (trilled): an unvoiced Template:IPA s<ref group=* name=si /> Template:Lang Template:IPA sat t<ref group=* name=si /> Template:Lang Template:IPA tan th Template:Lang Template:IPA thin u Template:Lang (N), Template:Lang (S) Template:IPA (N), Template:IPA (S) for Southern variants: bit (short) / machine (long); Template:IPA not found in English. w Template:Lang Template:IPA book (short) / pool (long) / wet (as consonant) y<ref group=*>The vowel letter y indicates Template:IPA in unstressed monosyllabic words (e.g. Template:Lang "the", Template:Lang "my") or non-final syllables (regardless of whether these are stressed or not), but Template:IPA (N) or Template:IPA (S) in word-final syllables (again, regardless of stress).</ref> Template:Lang Template:IPA (N)
Template:IPA (S)for Southern variants: bit (final syllable, short) / machine (final syllable, long)
above (other places, short) / roses Template:IPA, found in certain dialects of English that differentiate "Rosa's" and "roses", for example, General American.
- Notes
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Diphthongs
Orthography Northern dialects Southern dialects English (approximation only) ae Template:IPA Template:IPA eye ai Template:IPA Template:IPA eye au Template:IPA but as plural ending Template:IPA Template:IPA but as plural ending Template:IPA eye / bet (plural ending) aw Template:IPA Template:IPA how ei Template:IPA Template:IPA Like "write" in Canadian English eu Template:IPA Template:IPA Like "write" in Canadian English ew Template:IPA Template:IPA not present in English; closest to 'e-oo' (short e) ey Template:IPA Template:IPA Like "write" in Canadian English iw Template:IPA Template:IPA not present in English except in the interjection Ew!; closest to 'i-oo' (short i) oe Template:IPA Template:IPA boy oi Template:IPA Template:IPA boy ou Template:IPA Template:IPA boy uw Template:IPA Template:IPA not present in English; closest to 'i-oo' (short i) wy Template:IPA Template:IPA not present in English; closest to gooey yw Template:IPA Template:IPA Template:IPA not present in English; closest to 'i-oo' (short i)
Template:IPA like "goat" in Received Pronunciation or like "house" in Canadian English
