See Bulgarian phonology at Wikipedia for a thorough look at the sounds of Bulgarian.
Consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| b
|
баба
|
box
|
| c
|
кьопоолу
|
cute
|
| d̪
|
дом
|
dust
|
| d͡z
|
дзифт
|
birds
|
| d͡ʒ
|
джем
|
jab
|
| f
|
филм
|
fact
|
| ɡ
|
гарван
|
good
|
| ɟ
|
гяур
|
argue
|
| j
|
сойка
|
yes
|
| k
|
къща
|
skill
|
| l
|
лимон
|
leap
|
| ɫ
|
лош
|
all or west
|
| ʎ
|
любов
|
million
|
| m
|
море
|
mocha
|
| n̪
|
нос
|
north
|
| ɲ
|
баня
|
canyon
|
| ŋ
|
банка
|
sing
|
| p
|
пет
|
speak
|
| r
|
работа
|
trilled r, like in Spanish
|
| s
|
стол
|
salt, mask
|
| ʃ
|
шума
|
sugar
|
| t̪
|
тайна
|
style
|
| t͡s
|
цар
|
bats
|
| t͡ʃ
|
чай
|
cheese
|
| v
|
вода
|
view
|
| x
|
хартия
|
loch (Scottish English)
|
| z̪
|
зима
|
zoo
|
| ʒ
|
жълт
|
pleasure
|
|
Marginal consonants
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɣ
|
видях го
|
between go and ahold
|
| ç
|
Хюз
|
huge
|
| w
|
уиски
|
water
|
Vowels
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| a
|
брат
|
father
|
| ɤ
|
кът
|
plus
|
| ɛ
|
цена
|
edge
|
| i
|
сив
|
police
|
| ɔ
|
слон
|
off
|
| u
|
хубав
|
pool
|
Reduced vowels
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| ɐ
|
щерка, камък
|
sofa
|
| o
|
нещо, уста
|
thought (RP), coat (Scottish English)
|
|
Other symbols
| IPA |
Description
|
| ˈ
|
Stress on the following syllable
|
| ˌ
|
Secondary stress on the following syllable
|
| ◌ʲ
|
Palatalization of the preceding consonant
|
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