The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to represent Northern Mansi pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
Consonants [ edit ]
IPA
Letter
Example
English approx.
b
б
б ур [bur] (drill)
b ean
w or β
в
в а̄т [waːt] (thirty)
w eather
ɡ
г
г азета [gazeta] (newspaper)
g ear
ɣ
са̄г ла [saːɣla] (splinter)
d
д
д оклад [doklad] (report)
d og
ʒ
ж
худож ественный [xudoʒestwennij] (art)
leis ure
z
з
з авод [zawod] (factory)
z oo
j
й
й ӣв [jiːw] (tree)
y ear
k
к
к āсыӈ [kaːsəŋ] (which)
c ulture
l
л
л ӯпта [luːpta] (leaf)
l iver
m
м
м а̄ньлат [maːnʲlat] (young)
m ouse
n
н
н а̄й [naːj] (fire)
n o
ŋ
ӈ
ме̄тыӈ [mjeːtəŋ] (valuable)
thing
p
п
п ēс [peːs] (old)
p ortion
r
р
р ӯпата [ruːpata] (job)
s
с
с ӯп [suːp] (mouth)
s ea
t
т
т ав [taw] (he/she)
t elevison
f
ф
Ф инляндия [finlʲandija] (Finland)
F inland
x
х
х алт [xalt] (among)
t͡s
ц
пӯльниц а [puːlʲnʲt͡sa] (hospital)
ts unami
t͡ʃ
ч
Кач анова [Kat͡ʃanowa]
ch urch
ʃ
ш
ш кола [ʃkola] (school)
sh eet
ɕ
щ
щ ё̄ри [ɕoːri] (flower)
IPA
Letter
Example
English approx.
a
а
а нь [anʲ] (now)
aː
а̄
ā мп [aːmp] (dog)
fa ther
ja
я
я ныг [janəɣ] (big)
jaː
я̄
я̄ ӈк [jaːŋk] (white, ice)
e
е
вāнтлаӈкве [waːntlaŋkʷe] (change)
э
са̄т атыт хо̄талэ [saːt atit xoːtale] (Friday)
eː
э̄
э̄ типа̄ла [eːtʲipaːla] (evening)
je
е
jeː
ē
ē мтуӈкве [jeːmtuŋkʷe] (become)
jo
ё
ё мас [jomas] (good, right)
jo:
ё̄
ё̄ рнкол [joːrnkol] (yurt)
ɪ
ы [1]
сасы г [sasɪɣ] (uncle)
i
и
йи ӈкве [jiŋkʷe] (to become)
bi t
ы [2]
лы лы [lili] (breath)
iː
ӣ
вӣ льт [wiːlʲt] (face)
ы̄
вы̄ гыр [wiːɣər] (red)
o
о
во йкан [wojkan] (white)
o ld
oː
о̄
вō т [woːt] (wind)
u
у
ту п [tup] (only)
bu ll
uː
ӯ
тӯ йт [tuːjt] (snow)
too l
ɞ̯
у [3]
тотэ̄гу м [toteːɣɞ̯ m] (I bring)
ə
ы [4]
маны р [manər] (what)
у
и
а
я
таля х [talʲəx] (top, peak)
Letter combinations [ edit ]
IPA
Letter
Example
English approx.
lʲ
ль
хуль тум [xulʲtɞ̯m] (gone, outdated)
лй
ли [5]
Са̄ли тэлн! [Saːlʲiteln] (Excuse me!, Sorry!) [6]
nʲ
нь
мāнь [maːnʲ] (small)
нй
ни [5]
ни ла [nʲila] (four)
tʲ
ть
область [oblasc] (county)
тй
ти [5]
пити [pitʲi] (nest)
ɕ
сь
а̄гирись [aːɣiriɕ] (girl)
сй
си [5]
ма̄ньси [maːnʲɕi] (mansi)
kʷ
кв
о̄луӈкв е [oːluŋkʷe] (to be)
xʷ
хв
ŋ
нг
ёнг уӈкве [joŋuŋkʷe] (to play)
^ If used before the letter г .
^ It is pronounced [i] when it's the last letter of a word, or when in the first syllable of the word.
^ The [ə] here, turns into [ɞ̯ ] when written before any bilabial consonants.
^ It is pronounced [ə] when in the last syllable of the word, exceptions are compound words, for example: эрыӈпыл [erəŋpil] and сольпыл [solʲpil] (because пыл [pil] is another word), and suffixed word like атыт since the suffix is -ыт | [-it]
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 This refers to other letters like я, ю, е, ё and long variants of them
^ The use of the word "sorry" in the Mansi language is a very fresh Russian influence. Traditionally, the Mansi does not apologize.
Other symbols [ edit ]
IPA
Letter
Indicates
◌ʲ
ь
Palatalization
◌.
ъ
References [ edit ] Mansi alphabet Phonology of Northern Mansi Susanna S. Virtanen, Csilla Horváth, Tamara Merova (2021 ) Pohjoismansin peruskurssin (5 op) [Northern Mansi basic course [1] 10 Bradley, Jeremy, Skribnik, Elena (2021 ) The many writing systems of Mansi : challenges in transcription and transliteration [2]