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Phonetics and pronunciation aids
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Haitian Creole language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.  

English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See Haitian Creole phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Haitian Creole.


 Consonants Haitian orthography  IPA  Examples  English approximationb bagay bowch cho shoed dous dof fig festivalg gòch gainh hèn  hotelj jedi measurek kle skyl liv cleanm machin mothern nòt noteng bilding feelingp pase spyr rezon The contrast between  and  is lost before rounded vowels; the two phonemes merge as  in that environment. Some orthographies of Haitian Creole follow the etymology of the word, using ‹r› for  before a rounded vowel where this comes from an original , e.g. gro  "big" (cf. French gros ).  The official orthography follows the modern pronunciation of the word and uses ‹w› for  in all cases, so that  is spelled ‹gwo›. between go and lochs sis sixt tout tiev vyann ventz zero zero Non-native consonantsdj djaz jazz Semivowelsw wi  we y pye yesui uit roughly like sweet Vowels Haitian orthography  IPA  Examples  English approximationaor à before an n abako; pàn brae ale heyè fèt festivali lide seeo zwazo roughly like law (British English)ò deyò sortou nou you Nasal vowelsanwhen not followed by a vowel anpil No English equivalent; nasalized [ɒ]en mwen No English equivalent; nasalized [ɛ]on tonton No English equivalent; nasalized [o]oun moun  No English equivalent; nasalized [un]

Notes
There are no silent letters in Haitian creole, unless it is being written with the traditional orthography.
All sounds are always spelled the same, except when a vowel carries a grave accent ⟨`⟩ before  ⟨n⟩, which makes it an open vowel instead of a nasal vowel (e.g. ⟨en⟩ for  and ⟨èn⟩ for ; ⟨on⟩ = , but ⟨òn⟩ = ; <an> = , but <àn> = ).
When immediately followed by a vowel in a word, the letters forming the nasal vowels (an, en, on, oun) are to be pronounced separately.

Haitian Creole