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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Abkhaz on Wikipedia.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Abkhaz pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	аба	bat
v	аваныза	van
g	ага	go
gʲ	агьаҭа	argue
ɡʷ	агәы	Gwen
ʁ	аӷу	French rouge
ʁʲ	аӷьаӡ	French rien
ʁʷ	аӷәаӷә	French roi
d	адунеи	done
dʷ	дә	Dwayne
ʐ	ажыга	Eastern Cape red
ʒ	ажьа	pleasure
ʒʷ	жәаба	French jouer
z	азар	zoo
dz	аӡы	goods
dʑʷ	аӡәыцәи	jewel
kʼ	акы	like scan but ejective^[1]
kʲ’	Кьаӷәса	like skew but ejective^[1]
kʷ’	акәуа	like squint but ejective^[1]
kʰ	ақыҭа	cat
kʲʰ	ақьабз	cute
kʷʰ	ақәыџьма	quick
q’	аҟанҷ	like MLE scar but ejective^[1]
qʲ’	аҟьаԥҟьаԥ	like skew but ejective^[1] and further back in the throat
qʷ’	Аҟәлангьери	like MLE squander but ejective^[1]
l	алаша	luck
m	амаӡа	man
n	анапы	no
p’	анапы	like spot but ejective^[1]
pʰ	аԥача	pan
r	араса	American atom
s	асы	snow
t’	атама	like stop but ejective^[1]
tʷʼ	атәыҩа	like eastward but ejective^[1]
tʰ	аҭеҭлашә	tower
tʷʰ	аҭәамба	twig
f	фба	far
χ	аха	French proche
χʲ	ахьымӡӷ	Welsh cnuchio
χʷ	хәба	French trois
ħ	аҳа	RP horror
ħʷ	аҳәа	what
ts	манцыз	hats
tɕʷ	аенцәыш	chew
tsʼ	аанҵасра	like hats but ejective^[1]
tɕʷʼ	аеҵәа	like chew but ejective^[1]
tʃ	ақачала	chip
tʃʼ	ҷыгәӡа	like chip but ejective^[1]
tʂ	аҽага	trust
tʂʼ	аҿа	like trust but ejective^[1]
ʂ	ахәаша	shrew
ʃ	ачаԥшь	ship
ʃʷ	ашәшь	ashwood
d͡ʐ	аџарџарра	gorge
d͡ʒ	аџьана	jam

Semivowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
w	ауар	wet
j	адунеи	yet
ɥ	аҩҿы	between wet and yet

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
ɑ	аԥсуа	father
ə	ақды	roses

Marginal vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
e	авидео	pen
i	авидео	happy
o	Арсоу	go
u	ақаанун	fruition

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.

[ejective-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.

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