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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hmong on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hmong in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.
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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Hmong

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hmong language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The dialect used in this chart is both White Hmong and Green Hmong. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
Green White
c c 𖬯 Somewhat like joke
ch ch 𖬧 Somewhat like choke
d d 𖬞𖬰 ado
dh 𖬞𖬵 wide hearted
tl dl 𖬭𖬰 Somewhat like at last
tɬ̬ dlh 𖬭𖬵 Somewhat like at last, but with extra clicky sound
f f 𖬜𖬵 five
ŋ g 𖬠𖬵 sing
h h 𖬟 happy
hl 𖬥 clean
hm 𖬣𖬵 No English equivalent; voiceless [m]
m̥l̥ hml 𖬠𖬰 No English equivalent
hn 𖬩 No English equivalent; voiceless [n]
ɲ̥ hny 𖬣𖬰 No English equivalent; voiceless [ɲ]
k k * scope
kh kh 𖬩𖬰 cope
l l 𖬞 life
m m 𖬦 map
ml ml 𖬠 hamlet
n n 𖬬 no
ɲɟ nc 𖬤𖬰 and you
ɲɟɦ nch 𖬨 No equivalent to English
ndl ndl 𖬭
ndɮ ndlh 𖬭𖬴 No English equivalent
ŋɡ nk 𖬢 finger
ŋkh nkh 𖬫𖬵 incomplete
mb np 𖬨𖬵 combine
mbɦ nph 𖬡𖬰 No English equivalent, like abhor, but with prenasalization
mbl npl 𖬫𖬰 emblem
mbɮ nplh 𖬡𖬵 No English equivalent
ɴɢ nq 𖬬𖬰 No equivalent to English
ɴɢɦ nqh 𖬬𖬵 No equivalent to English
ɳɖ nr 𖬜𖬰 No English equivalent; somewhat like can drink
ɳʈh nrh 𖬨𖬰 No equivalent to English; similar to control
nd nt 𖬩𖬵 endanger
ndɦ nth 𖬫 wound him
ɳɖʐ nts 𖬝 No English equivalent; somewhat like hinge
ndz ntx 𖬢𖬰 hands
ndzɦ ntxh 𖬥𖬵 hands holding
ɲ ny 𖬮𖬵 canyon
p p 𖬪𖬵 spin
ph ph 𖬝𖬵 pin
pl pl 𖬟𖬵 Somewhat like apple
plh 𖬪 play
q q 𖬦𖬵 No equivalent to English; similar to sky
qh qh 𖬣 No equivalent to English; similar to car
ʈ r 𖬡 No equivalent to English
ʈh rh 𖬢𖬵 No equivalent to English; similar to trough
ʂ s 𖬤𖬵 Somewhat like shoe
t t 𖬧𖬵 stool
th th 𖬟𖬰 tool
ts tx 𖬯𖬵 cats
tsh txh 𖬦𖬰 No English equivalent
ʈʂ ts 𖬝𖬰 Somewhat like June
ʈʂh tsh 𖬪𖬰 Somewhat like chair
v v 𖬜 very
s x 𖬮 see
ç xy 𖬧𖬰 hue
ʝ y 𖬤 Similar to yes
ʐ z 𖬥𖬰 Somewhat like vision
ʔ 𖬮𖬰 uh-oh!
Vowels
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
Monophthongs
a a 𖬖, 𖬗 As in father
e e 𖬈, 𖬉 No equivalent to English; similar to play
i i 𖬂, 𖬃 see
ɨ w 𖬘, 𖬙 roses
ɔ o 𖬒, 𖬓 off
u u 𖬆, 𖬇 cool
Nasalized
ee 𖬀, 𖬁 Somewhat like sang
ã aa 𖬚, 𖬛 Somewhat like ran
ɔ̃ oo 𖬌, 𖬍 Somewhat like song
Diphthongs
ai ai 𖬊, 𖬋 hi
ia 𖬔, 𖬕 RP beer
aw 𖬎, 𖬏 Do not curl your tongue for the 'r' in per
au au 𖬄, 𖬅 how
ua 𖬐, 𖬑 truant, elided into a single syllable
Hmong Tone Indications
IPA Tone Orthographic Spelling (Example)
pɔ́ High pob ('ball')
pɔ̰ Creaky pom ('see')
pɔ̂ High falling poj ('female')
pɔ̌ Mid rising pov ('throw')
pɔ̄ Mid po ('spleen')
pɔ̀ Low pos ('thorn')
pɔ̤ Low falling breathy pog ('grandmother')
pɔ̰̌ Falling rising pod (no meaning(for now))

Notes

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  • ^* ⟨k⟩ is only represented in RPA and not in Pahawh Hmong. For example, to write keeb in RPA, you have to follow the order Consonant + Vowel + Tone (CVT), so it is K + ee + b = Keeb, but in Pahawh Hmong, it is just Keeb "𖬀𖬶" (2nd-Stage Version).

References

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See also

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Comparisons
Introductory guides

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