The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Dzongkha-language pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.
See Dzongkha language#Phonology or User:Учхљёная/Dzongkha phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Dzongkha.
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| Initials
|
| ɕ
|
ཤེས, ཞལ
shê, zh˚ä
|
sheet, hue
|
| h
|
ཧོནམོ
höm
|
hut
|
| j
|
ཡོད
yö
|
yard
|
| k
|
ཀི་ཏབ, རྒྱལ
kitap, gä
|
skate
|
| kʰ
|
ཁ, གོན
kha, g˚ön
|
kill
|
| l
|
ལཱ
lâ
|
lay
|
| ɬ
|
ལྷ
lha
|
play, Slav
|
| m
|
|
much
|
| n
|
|
not
|
| ŋ
|
|
sing
|
| nj
|
|
onion, canyon
|
| p
|
|
spat
|
| pʰ
|
|
pat
|
| r
|
|
purr, throw
|
| s
|
|
set
|
| t
|
|
stop
|
| tʰ
|
|
top
|
| ʈ
|
|
strand
|
| ʈʰ
|
|
tram
|
| t͡ɕ
|
|
itch, exchange
|
| t͡ɕʰ
|
|
cheese, chew
|
| t͡s
|
|
cats
|
| t͡sʰ
|
|
cat's hat
|
| w
|
|
water
|
| z
|
|
zoo
|
| ʑ
|
|
Algiers, zebra
|
| Finals
|
| -ɕ
|
|
quiche, English
|
| -j
|
|
buy, chai
|
| -k
|
|
lack
|
| -k̚
|
ཚིག, ལྷག
tshik, lhâ
|
actual, uh-oh
|
| -l
|
|
ball
|
| -m
|
|
balm
|
| -n
|
|
ban
|
| -ŋ
|
|
bang
|
| -p
|
|
bop
|
| -p̚
|
|
adept, uh-oh
|
| -r
|
|
bar
|
| -t
|
|
bat
|
| -t̚
|
|
scott, uh-oh
|
| -w
|
|
bow, lieu, eew!
|
|
| Vowels
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
| short vowels
|
| ɑ
|
ཁ
kha
|
cup, bath
|
| e
|
|
fate
|
| i
|
|
city, eat
|
| o
|
|
caramel, boss
|
| u
|
|
boot
|
| long vowels
|
| ɑː
|
|
bra
|
| eː
|
|
face
|
| ɛː
|
|
barely, mess
|
| iː
|
|
ease
|
| oː
|
|
bone, or
|
| øː
|
|
hurl,
|
| uː
|
|
true
|
| yː
|
|
you, cute
|
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