मुक्त ज्ञानकोश विकिपीडिया से
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Fijian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
English approximations are in some cases very loose, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Orthography |
nearest English equivalent
|
| β
|
v
|
von
|
| ð
|
c
|
then
|
| j
|
y (often silent)
|
yes
|
| k
|
k
|
sky
|
| l
|
l
|
less
|
| m
|
m
|
mum
|
| mb
|
b
|
amber
|
| n
|
n
|
noon
|
| nd
|
d
|
dandy
|
| ɳɖ
|
nr
|
indraw
|
| ndʒ
|
j, di [ndʒ]
|
inɡenious
|
| ŋ
|
g
|
song
|
| ŋɡ
|
q
|
finger
|
| r
|
r
|
(trilled)
|
| s
|
s
|
sis
|
| t
|
t
|
stop
|
| tʃ
|
j, ti ([tʃi])
|
church, venture
|
| ɰ
|
w
|
water
|
| Stress
|
| IPA |
Example |
Note
|
| ˈ
|
siga [ˈsiŋa],
cauravou [ðɔuraˈβou]
|
Stress falls on the
penultimate vowel letter[1]
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Orthography |
nearest English equivalent
|
| a
|
a
|
cat
|
| aː
|
father
|
| e
|
e
|
pet
|
| eː
|
plate
|
| i
|
i
|
seat
|
| iː
|
seed
|
| o
|
o
|
old
|
| oː
|
more
|
| u
|
u
|
coot
|
| uː
|
moon
|
| Diphthongs
|
| ei
|
ei
|
grey
|
| eu
|
eu
|
|
| ɛi
|
ai
|
between may and my
|
| iu
|
iu
|
eew!
|
| oi
|
oi
|
coy
|
| ou
|
ou
|
know
|
| ɔu
|
au
|
between know and now
|
|
- ↑ That is, penultimate syllable if final vowel is short, but final syllable if that has a long vowel or diphthong.
