Wikipedia:IPA for Berber
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Berber language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
In the interest of pan-dialectal legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber language varieties (notably Kabyle and Tarifit) between stops and fricatives.
| IPA | Similar English sound | Berber Latin letter | Tifinagh (IRCAM) equivalent |
| æ | a like in the English word bad | A a | ⴰ |
| b | like the English b, and sometimes like the Spanish v | B b | ⴱ |
| β | like the English b, and sometimes like the Spanish v | B b, ḇ | ⴱ |
| ç | English k, and some cases like the German ch in ich | K k, ḵ | ⴽ |
| d | English d, and th in this | D d | ⴷ |
| dz | as in English ds in words | zz | - |
| dʒ | like in John | Ǧ ǧ | ⴵ |
| ð | English d, and th in this | D d, ḏ | ⴷ |
| ðˤ | emphatic "d" | Ḍ ḍ | ⴹ |
| ə | e in Amsterdam | E e | ⴻ |
| f | like the English f | F f | ⴼ |
| ɡ | g like in the words gate or Greek gh | G g | ⴳ |
| h | h like in hello or high | H h | ⵀ |
| ħ | like in Arabic Muḥammad (no English equivalent) | Ḥ ḥ | ⵃ |
| i | English ee like in sheet, and the English i in with | I i | ⵉ |
| j | y like in yes | Y y | ⵢ |
| ʝ | g like in the words gate or Greek gi | G g, ǥ | ⴳ |
| k | English k, and some cases like the German ch in ich | K k | ⴽ |
| l | l | L l | ⵍ |
| m | m | M m | ⵎ |
| n | n | N n | ⵏ |
| θ | t, and the English th in bath | T t, ṯ | ⵜ |
| q | like Arabic "qaf" (no English equivalent) | Q q | ⵇ |
| r | like a Spanish or Italian r | R r | ⵔ |
| rˤ | emphatic "r" | Ṛ ṛ | ⵕ |
| ʁ | French "r" | Gh gh, Ɣ ɣ or Γ γ | ⵖ |
| s | s | S s | ⵙ |
| sˤ | emphatic "s" | Ṣ ṣ | ⵚ |
| ʃ | the English sh in ship | C c | ⵛ |
| t | t, and the English th in bath | T t | ⵜ |
| tˤ | emphatic "t" | Ṭ ṭ | ⵟ |
| ts | ts like Russian tsar | ţţ | - |
| tʃ | English ch like in China | Č č | ⵛ |
| ʊ | u like in put | U u | ⵓ |
| w | w in weep | W w | ⵡ |
| ʷ | adds a w sound, as in quick | (sometimes °) | — |
| χ | Spanish j, German / Dutch ch, Arabic "kh" | X x | ⵅ |
| ɣ | Spanish g in trigo | gh | ⵖ |
| z | z in zoo | Z z | ⵣ |
| zˤ | emphatic "z" | Ẓ ẓ | ⵥ |
| ʒ | like in confusion or television | J j | ⵊ |
| ʕ | like Arabic ع `ayn (no English equivalent) | Â â, Ɛ ɛ or Σ ε | ⵄ |