# உதவி:IPA for Dutch

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Dutch pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.  

See Dutch phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Dutch, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.  

**மெய்யொலிs**

| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <big></big> | ***b**ait* |  |
| <big></big> | somewhat like ***ch**eer* |  |
| <big></big> | ***d**uck* |  |
| <big></big> | ***f**eats* |  |
| <big></big> | ***v**ery* |  |
| <big></big> | , | *lo**ch*** (Scottish English) |
| <big></big> | roughly like ***g**o*, but without completely blocking air flow on the ***g***; Spanish *ami**g**o* |  |
| <big></big> | *be**h**ind*''' |  |
| <big></big> | ***y**ard* |  |
| <big></big> | *s**ch**ool* |  |
| <big></big> | ***l**and* |  |
| <big></big> | ***m**an* |  |
| <big></big> | ***n**eck* |  |
| <big></big> | somewhat like *ca**ny**on* |  |
| <big></big> | *lo**ng*** |  |
| <big></big> | , | *s**p**ort* |
| <big></big> | trilled R; similar to *wa**t**er* (அமெரிக்க ஆங்கிலம்) |  |
| <big></big> | ***s**ock* |  |
| <big></big> | ***z**ip* |  |
| <big></big> | , | *s**t**op* |
| <big></big> | between ***w**ine* and ***v**ine* |  |
| <big></big> | the catch in *uh**-**oh!* |  |
| <big></big> | ***g**oal* |  |
| <big></big> | , | ***sh**all* |
| <big></big> | *vi**si**on* |  |
| <big></big> | , | ***ch**at* |
| <big> </big> | as in *battleship* |  |
| <big> </big> | } |  |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <big></big> | RP *p**a**th*, GA *l**o**ck* |  |
| <big></big> | *b**e**d* |  |
| <big></big> | *s**i**t* |  |
| <big></big> | RP *s**o**ft* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *f**u**ture* (but shorter) |  |
| <big></big> | *c**ar*** (Australian/New Zealand) |  |
| <big></big> | *m**a**de* |  |
| <big></big> | *d**ee**p* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *b**o**ne* or பிரித்தானிய ஆங்கிலம் *b**or**n* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *c**u**te* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *f**ur**ze* |  |
| <big></big> | *b**oo**t* |  |
| <big></big> | *m**ay*** |  |
| <big></big> | *h**ou**se* (Scottish English) |  |
| <big></big> | ***ou**t* |  |
| <big></big> | *pr**i**ce* |  |
| <big></big> | *ch**oi**ce* |  |
| <big></big> | *fr**ee w**ill* |  |
| <big></big> | *f**ew w**ould* |  |
| <big></big> | *t**o e**ternity* |  |
| <big></big> | *pr**i**ze* |  |
| <big></big> | *s**ay oo*** |  |
| <big></big> | *b**oy**s* |  |
| <big></big> | ***a**gain* |  |
| <big></big> | *r**aw*** |  |
| <big></big> | *squ**are*** (பிரித்தானிய ஆங்கிலம்) |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *f**ur*** (பிரித்தானிய ஆங்கிலம்) |  |
| <big></big> | *wh**ee**ze* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *f**u**gue* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *croiss**an**t* |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *doy**en*** |  |
| <big></big> | roughly like *m**on**tage* |  |
| <big></big> | *sl**a**sh* |  |
|}  

## Notes
: The alveolo-palatal stop and nasal are allophones of the sequences and . Some speakers pronounce the same as .  
: Generally, the southern varieties preserve the –, – and – contrasts. Southern , may be also somewhat more front, i.e. post-palatal. The closing diphthongs also appear in certain Belgian dialects, e.g. the one of Bruges, but not in Belgian Standard Dutch. See Dutch phonology#Monophthongs for more details.  
: The exact quality of diphthongs varies; Netherlandic Standard Dutch has somewhat more open (in case of and often also unrounded) first elements: , , . In Belgian Standard Dutch, they begin in the open-mid region, and the last diphthong has a rounded first element: , , . In Belgium, the onset of can also be unrounded to . Some non-standard dialects (e.g. many southern dialects) realise these diphthongs as either narrow diphthongs or (as in The Hague dialect) long monophthongs. See for more details.  
: Found in loanwords.  
: In Belgium, tends to be pronounced the same as .  
: Mainly found in loanwords.  
: is pronounced the same as by many speakers.