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

It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Icelandic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first.

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Icelandic language 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. This key is allophonic which means that it encodes main allophones of the distinctive sounds.

See Icelandic phonology and Icelandic orthography § Function of symbols for a more thorough look at the sounds of Icelandic.

Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
c	geta^ⓘ, Gjögur^ⓘ	skew
cʰ	kær, kjör	cute
cː	baggi, seggja	American backgammon
ç	hjá	hue
ð	góður^ⓘ	weather
f	fótur^ⓘ, skipta^[a]	foot
fː	kaffi	off-field
ɣ	fluga^ⓘ^[a]	Spanish trigo
h	hafið^ⓘ	hound
hc	ekki	skew (with an h sound before it)
hk	drekka^ⓘ	sky (with an h sound before it)
hp	stoppa^ⓘ	spy (with an h sound before it)
ht	nótt^ⓘ	sty (with an h sound before it)
j	jú, lagi, segja^[a], ég^ⓘ	yes
k	glápa^ⓘ^[a], strákur^ⓘ^[b]	sky
kʰ	Katla^ⓘ	kite
kː	hryggur	stockgirl
l	lokn^ⓘ	leap
l̥	hljóð...^ⓘ, stelpa^ⓘ^[b], sól^ⓘ^[c]	same as above but voiceless, like hl
lː	bolla^ⓘ	Italian bella
m	mylla^ⓘ	moon
m̥	lampi^[b]	same as above but voiceless, like hm
mː	hlemmur	roommate
n	níu	noon
n̥	hnífur, einn	same as above but voiceless, like hn
nː	brenna	unknown
ɲ	lengi	canyon
ɲ̊	banki^[b]	same as above but voiceless, like hny
ŋ	ungs	sing
ŋ̊	þungt, einka-^ⓘ^[b]	same as above but voiceless, like hng
p	bær^ⓘ, gaupa^[b], nefnt^ⓘ^[a]	spy
pʰ	par^ⓘ^[a]	pie
pː	kobbi	flipbook
r	rós^ⓘ	ring, but trilled
r̥	Hrólfur^ⓘ^[c]	same as above but voiceless, like hr
rː	marra	Italian terra
s	spara^ⓘ	between sip and ship (retracted)
sː	hvass^ⓘ	between this sip and trash ship (retracted)
t	dís^ⓘ, matur^ⓘ^[b], karl^ⓘ, hæll^ⓘ, einn	sty
tʰ	taska^ⓘ	tie
tː	oddur	out-do
θ	þau^ⓘ, maðkur^ⓘ^[b], bað^ⓘ^[c]	think
v	völlur^ⓘ, lofa^ⓘ^[a]	very
x	sjúkt, sagt}}^[a], lag^ⓘ^[c]	Scottish loch
xʷ	hver^[d]	why (without the wine–whine* merger)*

Vowels^[e]
IPA	Examples	English approximation
Monophthongs
a	taska^ⓘ	art
aː	taka^ⓘ	father
ɛ	hefnd^ⓘ, erlendur	bet
ɛː	eða^ⓘ^[f]	roughly like yes
i	fı́nt, sýndi	leaf
iː	Ísland^ⓘ, hlýt	leave
ɪ	milli^ⓘ, mylla^ⓘ	kit
ɪː	sin^ⓘ, ryð^ⓘ	kid
ɔ	bolla^ⓘ	RP or Australian hot
ɔː	kona^ⓘ^[f]	roughly like water
œ	börn^ⓘ	nurse
œː	ör^ⓘ, öl^[f]	French actuel, but with lips rounded from start to end
u	ungur	pull
uː	þú^ⓘ	pool
ʏ	hundur^ⓘ	German Mütter; like kit with lips rounded
ʏː	fluga^ⓘ	German schön; like kid with lips rounded
Diphthongs
ai	hæll^ⓘ	RP right
aiː	^ⓘ	pie
au	skáld	mouth
auː	lás^ⓘ	allow
ei	einka-^ⓘ, engi	pace
eiː	skeið^ⓘ	pay
ɔi	bogi	choice
ou	dóttir^ⓘ	goal
ouː	sól^ⓘ, prófa^ⓘ	goal
œy	laust	Scottish or "Canadian" rite
œyː	auga^ⓘ	Scottish or "Canadian" rite
ʏi	hugi	No clear English equivalent, similar to gooey

Other symbols
IPA	Explanation
ˈ◌	primary stress (placed before the stressed syllable, e.g. langur [ˈlauŋkʏr̥])
ˌ◌	secondary stress (placed before the stressed syllable, e.g. afmælisdagur [ˈamailɪsˌtaːɣʏr̥])

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