The charts below show the way in which the بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد represents مالٹی زبان pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See مالٹی زبان for a more thorough look at the sounds of Maltese.
حرف صحیحs
| بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
| [[|b]] |
ballun |
boy
|
| [[|d]] |
dar |
duck
|
| [[|d͡z]] |
gazzetta |
pads
|
| [[|d͡ʒ]] |
ġelat |
jail
|
| [[|f]] |
fwieħa |
four
|
| [[|ɡ]] |
gallettina |
game
|
| [[|ħ]] |
ħadem |
somewhat like hat; Arabic ḥāʾ (ح)
|
| [[|j]] |
jum |
yes
|
| [[|k]] |
kelb |
scar
|
| [[|l]] |
libsa |
look
|
| [[|m]] |
mara |
mole
|
| [[|n]] |
nadif |
no
|
| [[|p]] |
paġna |
spat
|
| [[|r]] |
re |
real, better (American English)[1]
|
| [[|s]] |
saqaf |
sow
|
| [[|ʃ]] |
xadina |
shell
|
| [[|t]] |
tieqa |
stake
|
| [[|t͡s]] |
zokk |
sits
|
| [[|t͡ʃ]] |
ċavetta |
chew
|
| [[|v]] |
vaska |
vet
|
| [[|w]] |
warda |
wall
|
| [[|z]] |
żaqq |
zoo
|
| [[|ʔ]] |
Luqa |
RP button; Hebrew aleph (א)
|
مصوتs
| بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
| [[|a]] |
fatt |
cut
|
| [[|ɐː]] |
rani |
father
|
| [[|ɛ]] |
belt |
met
|
| [[|eː]] |
dehra |
like head, but longer
|
| [[|iː]] |
dik |
like bid, but longer
|
| [[|ɪ]] |
wisa |
bit
|
| [[|ɪː]] |
wied |
need
|
| [[|ɔ]] |
moħħ |
got (RP)
|
| [[|oː]] |
sod |
core
|
| [[|uː]] |
mur |
pool
|
| [[|ʊ]] |
kuntratt |
look
|
Diphthongs
| بین الاقوامی صوتیاتی ابجد |
Example |
English approximation
|
| aɪ |
għajn ,għid |
light
|
| eɪ |
għid |
hate
|
| oʊ |
għum |
code
|
| øʊ/ø: |
ewwel |
code(RP English/eu/oeu in french
|
| aʊ |
għawn |
how
|
| oɪ |
bojod |
boy
|
- ↑ The realization of the phoneme /r/ varies; some speakers pronounce it as an approximant [[[|ɻ]]] virtually identical to that used for real in the western United States, while others pronounce it as a tap [[[|ɾ]]], similar to the pronunciation of ⟨t⟩ and ⟨d⟩ between vowels in American and Australian English. When geminated, it may be pronounced as a lengthened approximant [ɻː], a tap [ɾ], or a trill [[[|r]]].
- Elizabeth Hume (1996)۔ "Coronal consonant, front vowel parallels in Maltese"۔ Natural Language & Linguistic Theory۔ 14 (1): 163–203
