The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Serbo-Croatian (i.e. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin standards thereof) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Serbo-Croatian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds.
| IPA |
Lat. |
Cyr. |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| b
|
b |
б
|
bob
|
bob
|
| d
|
d |
д
|
dan
|
done
|
| dʑ
|
đ |
ђ
|
đak
|
Jaw
|
| dʒ
|
dž |
џ
|
džak
|
George
|
| f
|
f |
ф
|
film
|
film
|
| ɡ
|
g |
г
|
gore
|
gore
|
| j
|
j |
ј
|
ja
|
yaw
|
| k
|
k |
к
|
kola
|
cola
|
| l
|
l |
л
|
Luka
|
Luke
|
| l̩
|
bicikl
|
little
|
| m
|
m |
м
|
more
|
more
|
| n
|
n |
н
|
ne
|
no
|
| ŋ
|
banka
|
bank
|
| ɲ
|
nj |
њ
|
konj
|
canyon
|
| p
|
p |
п
|
pet
|
pet
|
| r
|
r |
р
|
robot
|
robot (trilled)
|
| r̩
|
vrba
|
US: verb (trilled)
|
| s
|
s |
с
|
stol
|
stole
|
| ʃ
|
š |
ш
|
šuma
|
shell
|
| t
|
t |
т
|
tata
|
tatoo
|
| tɕ
|
ć |
ћ
|
ćup
|
cheese
|
| ts
|
c |
ц
|
šorc
|
shorts
|
| tʃ
|
č |
ч
|
čekić
|
church
|
| ʋ
|
v |
в
|
voda
|
van
|
| x
|
h |
х
|
hir
|
he
|
| ʎ
|
lj |
љ
|
bilje
|
million
|
| z
|
z |
з
|
zima
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
ž |
ж
|
muž
|
fusion
|
|
| IPA |
Lat. |
Cyr. |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent
|
| Vowels
|
| a
|
a |
а
|
rat
|
father
|
| ɛ
|
e |
е
|
slet
|
let
|
| i
|
i |
и
|
list
|
least
|
| ɔ
|
o |
о
|
more
|
more
|
| u
|
u |
у
|
trup
|
scoop
|
| IPA |
Dict. |
Examples |
explanation
|
| Tone and vowel length
|
| Tonic marks are not part of the orthography, but are found in dictionaries[1]
|
| ɛ |
e |
sekunda |
non-tonic short vowel
|
| ɛː |
ē |
livel |
non-tonic long vowel
|
| ɛ̌ |
è |
ekran |
short vowel with rising tone
|
| ɛ̌ː |
é |
kreda |
long vowel with rising tone
|
| ɛ̂ |
ȅ |
efikasan |
short vowel with falling tone
|
| ɛ̂ː |
ȇ |
ep |
long vowel with falling tone
|
|
|
- ↑ Tone marks can also be found on syllabic consonants, such as [ř̩] and [r̩̂ː]. Some articles may use the stress mark, [ˈɛ], which could correspond to either of the tonic accents, rising or falling, and are therefore not a complete description.
