The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Afrikaans pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-af}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Afrikaans phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Afrikaans, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.
| Consonants
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| IPA
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Examples
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English approximation
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| b
|
beet
|
beet
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| d
|
dak
|
duck
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| f
|
fiets, ver
|
far
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| ɦ
|
hoekom
|
behind
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| j
|
ja
|
yes
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| k
|
kat
|
skin
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| l
|
land
|
land
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| m
|
mens
|
man
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| n
|
nek
|
neck
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| ŋ
|
eng
|
long
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| p
|
pen, rib, lip
|
sport
|
| r
|
ras
|
rolled r
|
| s
|
sak, seep
|
sock
|
| ʃ
|
sjabloon, chef
|
shall
|
| t
|
tak, hond
|
stop
|
| tʃ
|
Tsjeggië, tjek
|
chat
|
| χ
|
generaal, weg
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| v
|
wang
|
van
|
| ʒ
|
visueel
|
vision
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| Marginal consonants
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| ʔ
|
beïnvloed
[bəˈʔənflut]
|
the catch in uh-oh!
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| dʒ
|
djihad
|
jump
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| ɡ
|
ghries[1], berge, erger
|
goal
|
| w
|
kwaad
|
water
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| z
|
Zoeloe
|
zoo
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| Stress
|
| ˈ
|
vóórkom [ˈfʊərkɔm]
voorkóm Afrikaans phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Afrikaans, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.
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