मुक्त ज्ञानकोश विकिपीडिया से
This page describes how IPA is used to transcribe Yiddish words at Wikipedia. It follows the pronunciation of "Standard Yiddish" (or "YIVO Yiddish"), as described in such works as Uriel Weinreich's College Yiddish and Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary.
See Yiddish phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Yiddish.
Consonants
|
IPA |
Letter(s) |
English examples |
Romanization
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b
|
ב (beys)
|
but, web
|
b
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d
|
ד (daled)
|
do, bed
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d
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dʒ
|
דזש (daled zayen shin)
|
joy, edge
|
dzh
|
f
|
פֿ ף (fey, i.e. pey with rafe on nonfinal form)
|
fool, leaf
|
f
|
ɡ
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ג (giml)
|
go, beg
|
g
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h
|
ה (hey)
|
hen
|
h
|
j
|
י (yud)
|
yes
|
y
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k
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כּ (kof with dagesh)[1] ק (kuf)
|
skin, thick
|
k
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l
|
ל (lamed)
|
bell
|
l
|
ʎ
|
ל
|
million
|
l
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m
|
מ ם (mem)
|
man, tam
|
m
|
n
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נ ן (nun)
|
no, tin
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n
|
ŋ[2]
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נ when followed by ג or ק
|
finger, drink
|
n in the combinations ng, nk
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p
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פּ (pey with dagesh)
|
spin, tip
|
p
|
r[3]
|
ר (reysh)
|
None in most accents; compare Spanish perro and pero and French rouge
|
r
|
s
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ס (samekh) שׂ (sin, i.e. shin with a sin dot)[1] ת (sof, i.e. tof with no dagesh)[1]
|
see, pass
|
s
|
ʃ
|
ש (shin)
|
she, leash
|
sh
|
t
|
ט (tes) תּ (tof with dagesh)[1]
|
sting, bet
|
t
|
ts
|
צ ץ (tsadek)
|
tsunami, pizza
|
ts
|
tʃ
|
טש (tes shin)
|
chair, teach
|
tsh
|
v
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בֿ (veys, i.e. beys with rafe)[1] וו (tsvey vovn)
|
voice, have
|
v
|
χ
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ח (khes)[1] כ ך (khof, i.e. kof with no dagesh)
|
Similar to Scottish loch
|
kh
|
z
|
ז (zayen)
|
zoo, rose
|
z
|
ʒ
|
זש (zayen shin)
|
pleasure, beige
|
zh
|
|
Vowels
|
Full vowels (monophthongs)
|
IPA
|
Letter(s)
|
English examples
|
Romanization
|
a
|
אַ (pasekh alef)
|
father (but not a long vowel)
|
a
|
ɛ
|
ע (ayin)
|
bed
|
e
|
ɪ
|
י (yud)
|
bid
|
i
|
ɔ
|
אָ (komets alef)
|
boss
|
o
|
ʊ
|
ו (vov)
|
foot
|
u
|
Diphthongs
|
ɛj
|
יי (tsvey yudn)
|
day, pain
|
ey
|
aj
|
ײַ (pasekh tsvey yudn)
|
fine, why
|
ay
|
ɔj
|
וי (vov yud)
|
loin, boy
|
oy
|
Reduced vowels
|
ə
|
ע or none
|
sofa
|
e
|
l̩
|
ל
|
bottle
|
l
|
n̩
|
נ ן
|
button
|
n
|
|
Other symbols used in transcription of Yiddish
|
IPA |
Explanation
|
ˈ
|
Primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable), e.g. אײזל [ˈɛjzl̩] 'donkey'
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ˌ
|
Secondary stress, e.g. מאַמע־לשון [ˈmaməˌlɔʃn̩] 'Yiddish as mother tongue'
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