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 approximate, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Serbo-Croatian language#Phonology, Croatian phonology, Serbian language#Phonology, Bosnian language#Phonology, and Montenegrin language for a more thorough look at the sounds.
| IPA | Lat. | Cyr. | Examples | nearest English equivalent | | Consonants | | [b] | b | б | biti | bill | | [d] | d | д | dom | delta | | [dʑ] | đ | ђ | đurđica | Jew | | [dʒ] | dž | џ | džem | jab | | [f] | f | ф | film | focus | | [ɡ] | g | г | gora | gag | | [j] | j | ј | jesam | yellow | | [k] | k | к | kuća | scold | | [l] | l | л | luka | lack | | [l̩] | bicikl | little | | [m] | m | м | more | mocha | | [n] | n | н | nos | ninny | | [ŋ] | banka | Hank | | [ɲ] | nj | њ | njuška | canyon | | [p] | p | п | pet | spill | | [r] | r | р | ruda | robot (trilled) | | [r̩] | krt | US: verb (trilled) | | [s] | s | с | stol | stole | | [ʃ] | š | ш | šuma | shell | | [t] | t | т | rat | stand | | [tɕ] | ć | ћ | ćup | cheese | | [ts] | c | ц | cipela | bats | | [tʃ] | č | ч | čekić | church | | [ʋ] | v | в | voda | van | | [x] | h | х | hod | Bach | | [ʎ] | lj | љ | ljubav | million | | [z] | z | з | zima | zoo | | [ʒ] | ž | ж | žut | fusion | | | IPA | Lat. | Cyr. | Examples | nearest English equivalent | | Vowels | | [a] | a | а | kat | mat | | [ɛ] | e | е | led | let | | [i] | i | и | sir | feet | | [ie] | ije | ије | cvijeće | | [ɔ] | o | о | slon | more | | [u] | u | у | udav | coop | | 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 [ř] and [r̂ː]. Some articles may use the English stress mark, [ˈɛ], which could correspond to either of the tonic accents, rising or falling, and are therefore not a complete description.
