| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
|---|
| Consonants
|
|---|
| c
|
gys
|
skew
| | cʰ
|
kær
|
cute
| | ç
|
hjá
|
hue
| | ð
|
verða[1] |
weather
| | f
|
dýpka, fló
|
fun
| | h
|
hús
|
hop
| | ʰ
|
þakka, tappi, stutt
|
(an h sound before [p, t, c, k])
| | ʝ
|
jú, lagi, éta
|
yes
| | k
|
göng
|
sky
| | kʰ
|
hver, krakki
|
kite
| | l
|
líf
|
leap
| | l̥
|
stelpa, sæll
|
(voiceless, like hl)
| | ɫ
|
'
|
wool
| | ɫ̥
|
'
|
(voiceless)
| | m
|
miði
|
moon
| | m̥
|
lampi
|
(voiceless, like hm)
| | n
|
níu
|
noon
| | n̥
|
hnífur
|
(voiceless, like hn)
| | ɲ
|
lengi
|
canyon
| | ɲ̊
|
banki [ˈpauɲ̥cɪ]
|
(voiceless, like hny)
| | ŋ
|
ungs
|
sing
| | ŋ̊
|
þungt
|
(voiceless, like hng)
| | θ
|
það
|
think
| | p
|
böl, nafni
|
spy
| | pʰ
|
páfi
|
pie
| | r
|
rós
|
ring (trilled)
| | r̥
|
hreinn
|
(voiceless, like hr)
| | s
|
saga
|
sing
| | t
|
dagur, galli, seinna
|
sty
| | tʰ
|
tvær
|
tie
| | v
|
af, verk[1] |
between very and wary
| | x
|
sjúkt, sagt
|
Bach
| | ɣ
|
lög[1] |
(like Spanish trigo or amargo)
| | ʔ
|
'
|
oh-oh!
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
|---|
| Vowels (all examples are long)
|
|---|
| a
|
raka
|
between fat and father
| | ai
|
æfing
|
pie
| | au
|
páfi
|
pow
| | ɛ
|
nema
|
pet
| | ei
|
heim
|
pay
| | i
|
líf,
|
pea
| | ɪ
|
yfir, vita
|
pick
| | œ
|
öl
|
(like French eu or German ö)
| | øi
|
auga
|
| | ou
|
kólna
|
Poe
| | ɔ
|
von
|
pore
| | ɔi
|
flogin
|
poi
| | u
|
núna
|
poodle
| | ʏ
|
kul
|
(like French u or German ü)
| | ʏi
|
flugið
|
(ʏ before j)
|
| Other symbols used in transcription of Icelandic pronunciation
|
|---|
| IPA |
Explanation
|
|---|
| ˈ
|
stress (placed before the stressed syllable),
langur [ˈlauŋkʏr̥]
| | ː
|
long vowel,[2] double consonant
|
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