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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Mandinka pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See Mandinka phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Mandinka.
Consonants
IPA
Examples
English approximation
b b áab aab eet
tʃ c ànsu[ a] ch at
d d end ikood uck
f f éef our
h h áah appy
dʒ j àtaj ump
k k áŋok ick
l l ool ool ove
m m ànsam eet
ᵐb m̀b iroo[ b] similar to samb a
ᶬf lamf u similar to armf ull
ᵐp pamp araŋo similar to pamp er
n n éŋon ot
ⁿtʃ kanc aŋ [ c] similar to bench
ⁿd nd aamasimilar to sand
ⁿdʒ nj osoosimilar to banj o
ᵑk kúnk u similar to bank
ⁿs nìns i similar to pants
ⁿt ǹt elusimilar to bant er
ɲ ñ ìŋsimilar to oni on
ŋ ŋ́ along
p p éesa[ d] p ink
r r átoo[ d] rolled r
s s àbas ock
t t áamat all
w w óorow ait
j y irooy ou
Marginal consonants
ɡ g araasoo[ e] g ame
Tone
˦ bé e No equivalent
˨ dà a No equivalent
Vowels
IPA
Examples
English approximation
Monophthongs
a a ba ra ka British ca t ; somewhat like cu t in other dialects.
aː aa dasimilar to fa ther
e e sansi[ d] similar to me t
eː ee kaa[ d] square
i i tolu[ f] similar to di p
iː ii saa[ f] dee p
o o soo[ d] sto ry (short )
oː oo ba[ d] sto ry (long )
u tu nku ŋo [ g] similar to foo t
uː tuu bi [ g] coo l
^ The /tʃ/ phoneme is rare in native Mandinka words, and around 15-20% of 'c-words' are loanwords.
^ Many words beginning with /ᵐb/ are derived from wolof
^ This phoeneme is really rare
^ a b c d e f This phoeneme is rare word-initially in native Mandinka words, and is almost only found word-initially only in loanwords.
^ /g/ is found in French loans.
^ a b This phoeneme is almost non-existant word-initially
^ a b This phoeneme doesnt exist word-initially
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