The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Basque language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Basque phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Basque.
| IPA | Examples | English approximation | | Consonants | | b | ibarra | best | | c | | cute | | d | etxaide, Legarda | dead | | f | | face | | ɡ | zaldarriaga | got | | h | | hot (in French dialects only) | | ʝ | jai alai | between beige and d'you (for [x] in French dialects) | | ɟ | | argue | | k | | scan | | l | | lean | | ʎ | | million | | m | | mother | | n | | need | | ŋ | | sink | | ɲ | | canyon | | p | | spouse | | r | ibarra | trilled 'r' | | ɾ | Zaraitzu | like setting in American English | | s | | sack | | s̻ | Zaraitzu | | | ʃ | Xiismo | shine, trash | | t | | stand | | ts | | cats | | ts̻ | Zaraitzu | | | tʃ | etxaide | choo | | x | jai alai | bach | | z | larrazabal | schism, fuzz | | | IPA | Examples | English approximation | | Monophthongs | | a | | father | | e | | bed | | i | | see | | o | | bore | | ø | | (Zuberoan dialect only) | | u | | food | | Diphthongs | | ai | jai alai | eye | | au | | house | | ei | | ray | |
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