The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Saterland Frisian language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
IPA
Consonants
CONT
TRAD
Examples
English approximation
b
b
B ab e [ˈbabə] (BOTH )
[example needed ] (CONT )[1]
[example needed ] (TRAD )[1]
Approximation for [b] : b ait
Approximation for [p] : sp ort
p
d
d
D ai [daːi] (BOTH )
Bloud [bloːut] (CONT )[1]
Bloud [bloːud] (TRAD )[1]
Approximation for [d] : d uck
Approximation for [t] : st op
t
f
F júur [fjuːɐ̯] (BOTH )
f eats
ɡ
ɣ
G äize [ˈɡɛɪzə] (CONT )
G äize [ˈɣɛɪzə] (TRAD )
g oal (CONT );
roughly like g o , but without completely
blocking air flow on the g (TRAD )
h
h oopje [ˈhoːpjə] (BOTH )
h eal
k
K iuwe [ˈkɪuwə] (BOTH )
sch ool
l
l ait [laːit] (BOTH )
l and
m
M úus [muːs] (BOTH )
m an
n
n äi [nɛɪ] (BOTH )
n eck
ŋ
sjung e [ˈsjʊŋə] (BOTH )
long
p
P ik [pɪk] (BOTH )
sp ort
ʀ
r
r oowje [ˈʀoːvjə] (CONT )[2]
r oowje [ˈroːvjə] (TRAD )[2]
no English equivalent (CONT );
trilled R ; similar to wat er in American English (TRAD )
s
s
s äike [ˈsɛɪkə] (BOTH )
fräis k [fʀɛɪʃk] (CONT )[3]
fräis k [frɛɪsk] (TRAD )[3]
Approximation for [s] : s ock
Approximation for [ʃ] : sh ip
ʃ
t
T oom [toːm] (BOTH )
st op
v
W oater [ˈvɔːtɐ] (BOTH )
v ery
x
noch [nɔx] (BOTH )
loch (Scottish English )
z
z uuz je [ˈzuˑzjə] (BOTH )
z ip
Semivowels
IPA
Examples
English approximation
ɐ̯
Fjúur [fjuːɐ̯] (BOTH )[2]
roughly like ear
j
J ader [ˈjadɐ] (BOTH )
y ard
w
Kiuw e [ˈkɪuwə] (BOTH )[4]
w ine
Suprasegmentals
ˈ
Böi je [ˈbœːijə] (BOTH )
Primary stress, as in deer /ˈdɪər/
ˌ
[example needed ]
Secondary stress, as in com mandeer
/ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
IPA
Vowels
CONT
TRAD
Examples
English approximation
monophthongs
a
fa t [fat] (BOTH )
a rt
aː
aa st [aːst] (BOTH )
fa ther
eː
Dee [deː] (BOTH )
Scottish da y
ɛ
Sä t [sɛt] (BOTH )
be t
ɛː
tää n [tɛːn] (BOTH )
be d
ɪ
Wi lle [ˈvɪlə] (BOTH )
bi t
iˑ
Pie ne [ˈpiˑnə] (BOTH )
lea f
iː
Wíe k [viːk] (BOTH )
lea ve
oː
Doo k [doːk] (BOTH )
Scottish sto ve
ɔ
Do t [dɔt] (BOTH )
RP/Australian ho t
ɔː
doa lje [ˈdɔːljə] (BOTH )
RP/Australian no d
øː
Höö chte [ˈhøːxtə] (BOTH )
Somewhat like fur
œː
Göä te [ˈɡœːtə] (BOTH )
œ
bö lkje [ˈbœlkjə] (BOTH )
Somewhat like nur se
ʊ
Bu k [bʊk] (BOTH )
foo t
uˑ
kuu t [kuˑt] (BOTH )
boo t
uː
Múu s [muːs] (BOTH )
foo d
ʏ
Djü pte [ˈdjʏptə] (BOTH )
Somewhat like cu te
ʏˑ
wüü l [vʏˑl] (BOTH )
Somewhat like feu d
yː
Dü wel [ˈdyːvəl] (BOTH )
diphthongs
aːi
Bai l [baːil] (BOTH )
pri ze
aːu
Dau [daːu] (BOTH )
now
eu
häu w [heuw] (BOTH )
somewhat like say oo
eːu
skeeu w [skeːuw] (BOTH )
ɛːu
sääu wen [ˈsɛːuwən] (BOTH )
ɛɪ
wäi t [vɛɪt] (BOTH )
fa ce
iˑu
Lieu w [liˑuw] (BOTH )
somewhat like free w ill
iːu
íeu wen [ˈiːuwən] (BOTH )
ɪu
Kiu we [ˈkɪuwə] (BOTH )
oːɪ
swooi je [ˈsvoːɪjə] (BOTH )
boy
ɔːɪ
toai [tɔːɪ] (BOTH )
oːu
Dou k [doːuk] (BOTH )
go
ɔy
floi tje [ˈflɔytjə] (BOTH )
choi ce
œːi
Böi je [ˈbœːijə] (BOTH )
somewhat like boy
unstressed only
ɐ
Woater [ˈvɔːtɐ] (BOTH )[2]
nu t
ə
ze [zə] (BOTH )[5]
a bout
Notes
^ a b c d In the contemporary dialect, the voiced plosives /b/ and /d/ are devoiced to [p ] and [t ] in the syllable coda . In the traditional dialect however, they tend to stay voiced [b , d ] .
^ a b c d The phoneme /r/ has the following allophones:
• Pre-vocalic /r/ is realized as either a uvular trill [ʀ ] (in the contemporary dialect) or an alveolar trill [r ] (in the traditional dialect);
• After vowels, the non-prevocalic /r/ is realized as a non-syllabic low vowel [ɐ̯] ;
• The sequence /ər/ is realized a syllabic low vowel [ɐ ] .
^ a b In the contemporary dialect /s/ before a consonant tends to be retracted to [ʃ ] . In the traditional dialect however, a preconsonantal /s/ is realized simply as [s ] .
^ After [u] and diphthongs ending in [u] , /v/ is realized as [w ] .
^ /ə/ occurs only in unstressed syllables.