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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Georgian pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
See Georgian phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Georgian.
Consonants |
IPA |
Georgian |
Romanization |
English approximation |
b |
ბ |
b |
bash |
d |
დ |
d |
do |
dz |
ძ |
j |
pads |
dʒ |
ჯ |
ǰ |
hedge |
ɡ |
გ |
g |
gate |
ɣ |
ღ |
ḡ |
French-like R |
h |
ჰ |
h |
head |
kʼ |
კ |
k |
(ejective) [1] |
kʰ |
ქ |
k' |
can |
l |
ლ |
l |
leaf |
m |
მ |
m |
much |
n |
ნ |
n |
not |
pʼ |
პ |
p |
(ejective)[1] |
pʰ |
ფ |
p' |
pan |
qʼ |
ყ |
q |
(ejective)[1] |
r |
რ |
r |
road |
s |
ს |
s |
sue |
ʃ |
შ |
š |
shoe |
tʼ |
ტ |
t |
(ejective)[1] |
tʰ |
თ |
t' |
table |
tsʼ |
წ |
c |
(ejective)[1] |
tsʰ |
ც |
c' |
tsunami |
tʃʼ |
ჭ |
č |
(ejective)[1] |
tʃʰ |
ჩ |
č' |
choose |
v |
ვ |
v |
van |
x |
ხ |
x |
Bach |
z |
ზ |
z |
zoo |
ʒ |
ჟ |
ž |
vision |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ejective consonants, which do not occur in English, are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with pressure from the throat rather than the lungs.