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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Okinawan on Wikipedia.
It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Okinawan 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 Okinawan

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Okinawan language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA }} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
b , suba, bigi about
ç る, っちー ahiru, hitchī hue
ɕ , ふぃ ashi, fisha sheep
d ーじな dējina today
ょーい, まま jōi, jimama jeep
ɸ ぃしゃ, fisha, fusu phew!
ɡ ま, まっす gama, massugu again
ɡw かってんぐゎ kattengwa sanguine
h ーか, しる hōka, hashiru hat
j , uya, yuka yard
k かかん, kakan, kū spike
kj せん senkyo skew
kw くゎ, くゎ kwa, kwan acquire
m ち, じまま muchi, jimama mild
mj みゃー, みょーじ myā, myōji mute
n だ, あ kanda, anu night
ɲ にゃ, にゃーや sanya, nyāya canyon
ŋ がた bingata swimming
p かっ, とぅ kappa, pitu speed
ɾ , ーほー ura, rōhō American atom
ɾj りゅー, ちばりょー! chiryū, chibaryō! American party
s み, sumi, saba soup
t い, あとぅ tai, atu stand
ゃー, うなー chā, Uchinā scratch
w しき, めーなぐ washiki, winagu wine
ʔ んなじ, ちなー Qnnaji, Uchinā [1] uh-oh
Vowels
IPA Example English approximation
Kana Romanization
a かん, kanda, anu father
うちなー Uchinā father (long)
e んきょ, んそー senkyo, mensōre bed
でーじな dējina bed (long)
i る, まま ahiru, jimama meet
ひっちー hitchī meet (long)
o せんき, めんーれ senkyo story
めんそー mensōre story (long)
u ち, muchi, ura pool
どぅー dū pool (long)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ All vowels in Okinawan are pre-glottalised, so Uchinā /uCinaa/ is pronounced [ʔutɕinaː]
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