The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Occitan pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Occitan phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Occitan.
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
blau
|
blunt
|
| β
|
gravilh
|
between baby and bevy
|
| d
|
domeni
|
doom
|
| ð
|
unida
|
that
|
| dʒ
|
messatge
|
magic
|
| f
|
fàcia
|
frank
|
| ɡ
|
gròs
|
guardian
|
| ɣ
|
agradar
|
between a light go and ahold
|
| k
|
caissa
|
scanner
|
| l
|
lièch
|
long
|
| ʎ
|
familha
|
bullion
|
| m
|
mascle
|
moment
|
| n
|
natura, colomb
|
need
|
| ŋ
|
sang
|
lung
|
| ɲ
|
montanha
|
canyon
|
| p
|
pichon
|
lisp
|
| r
|
córrer
|
trilled 'r'
|
| ɾ
|
malaürós
|
like ladder in American English
|
| s
|
solelh
|
soldier
|
| t
|
temps
|
still
|
| ts
|
trobairitz
|
boots
|
| tʃ
|
nuechòla
|
chocolate
|
| z
|
utilizar
|
zebra
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
quatre
|
sack
|
| e
|
fetge
|
say (without the y sound)
|
| ɛ
|
mètge
|
sect
|
| i
|
vitz
|
cease
|
| ɔ
|
escòla
|
cause
|
| u
|
Tolosa
|
soup
|
| y
|
luna
|
as in French rue and German Blüte
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Semivowels
|
| j
|
ieu
|
yes
|
| w
|
clau
|
swallow
|
| ɥ
|
uèlh
|
as in French nuit
|
|
| IPA: Diphthongs
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English
approximation
|
| aj
|
maire
|
tie
|
| ej
|
rei
|
bay
|
| ɛj
|
glèisa
|
| ɔj
|
jòia
|
boy
|
| ɔw
|
plòure
|
|
| aw
|
pausa
|
now
|
| ew
|
Euròpa
|
|
| ɛw
|
benlèu
|
| ja
|
embestiar
|
yard
|
| je
|
oriental
|
yes
|
| jɛ
|
fièr
|
| jɔ
|
luòc
|
yawn
|
| ju
|
accion
|
you
|
| iw
|
viure
|
|
| uj
|
soi
|
|
| wa
|
qüadragenari
|
wag
|
| we
|
bilingüe
|
wait
|
| wɛ
|
oèst
|
wet
|
| ɥɛ
|
fuèlha
|
| wɔ
|
doás
|
war
|
| wi
|
Loís
|
weed
|
| ɥi
|
ambigüitat
|
|
| IPA: Triphthongs
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English
approximation
|
| jaw
|
suau
|
|
| jej
|
fieiral
|
|
| jɛj
|
fièira
|
|
| jew
|
ieu
|
|
| jɛw
|
camaièu
|
|
| jɔw
|
buòu
|
|
| ɥɛj
|
puèi
|
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Auvergnat
|
| v
|
vent
|
valid
|
| œ
|
fuelha
|
blur
|
| ʃ
|
servici
|
shoe
|
| wɔ
|
pòrta
|
war
|
| ɥi
|
ajuidar
|
|
| œj
|
nueit
|
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Gascon
|
| ʒ
|
joença
|
measure
|
| h
|
hemna
|
high
|
| ʃ
|
Foish
|
shoe
|
| yw
|
cuu
|
|
| wew
|
ueu
|
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Limousin
|
| v
|
vent
|
valid
|
| œ
|
fuelha
|
blur
|
| o
|
còsta
|
between spoke and sport
|
|
| IPA
|
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Provençal
|
| v
|
vent
|
valid
|
| ʒ
|
age
|
measure
|
| œ
|
fuelha
|
blur
|
| wɔ
|
bòna
|
war
|
| ʀ
|
Arle
|
French r
|
|
- Claudi Balaguer & Patrici Pojada: Diccionari Català - Occità / Occitan - Catalan
- Yves Lavalade: Dictionnaire Occitan - Français
- Jòrgi Fettuciari, Guiu Martin & Jaume Pietri: Diccionari Provençau - Francés
- Cristian Omelhièr: Petiòt diccionari Occitan d'Auvèrnhe - Francés
- MonOccitània
