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The charts below show the way in which the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)]] represents [[Berber languages]] pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see [[Template:IPA]] and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

In the interest of pan-Berber legibility, the Berber Latin alphabet omits the partly phonemic contrast found in some Berber varieties (notably [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]] and [[Riffian language|Tarifit]]) between stops and fricatives.

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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] || English approximation || Berber Latin letter || [[Tifinagh]] (IRCAM) equivalent 
|-
| {{IPAlink|b}} || '''b'''ed
| [[B]] b || rowspan="2" | <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴱ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|β}} || ''between'' '''b'''ed ''and'' '''v'''et
| [[B]] b, [[Ḇ]] ḇ
|-
| {{IPAlink|ç}} || '''h'''uge
| [[K]] k, [[Ḵ]] ḵ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴽ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|d}} || '''d'''o
| [[D]] d || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴷ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|dz}} || wor'''ds'''
| Zz zz || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴷⵣ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|dʒ}} || '''j'''ust
| [[Ǧ]] ǧ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴵ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ð}} || '''th'''is
| [[D]] d, [[Ḏ]] ḏ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴷ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|dˤ}} || Emphatic d, no English equivalent
| [[Ḍ]] ḍ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴹ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|f}} || '''f'''in
| [[F]] f || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴼ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ɡ}} || '''g'''o
| [[G]] g || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴳ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ɣ}} || ''between'' '''g'''et ''and'' a'''h'''ead; ''[[Spanish language|Spanish]]'' ami'''g'''o
| [[gh (digraph)|Gh]] gh || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵖ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|h}} || '''h'''ello
| [[H]] h || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵀ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ħ}} || ''like'' '''h'''at ''but [[Pharyngeal consonant|pharyngeal]]; [[Arabic]]'' '''ḥ'''ijāb
| [[Ḥ]] ḥ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵃ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|j}} || '''y'''es
| [[Y]] y || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵢ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʝ}} || ''like'' '''y'''es'', but stronger''
| [[G]] g, [[Ǥ]] ǥ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴳ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|k}} || s'''c'''at
| [[K]] k || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴽ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|l}} || '''l'''et
| [[L]] l || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵍ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|m}} || '''m'''an
| [[M]] m || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵎ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|n}} || '''n'''o
| [[N]] n || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵏ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|θ}} || ba'''th'''
| [[T]] t, [[Ṯ]] ṯ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵜ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|q}} || ''like'' '''c'''ap ''but [[Uvular consonant|uvular]]; Arabic'' al-'''Q'''urʾān
| [[Q]] q || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵇ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|r}} || rowspan="2" | ''[[alveolar trill|rolled r]]''
| [[R]] r || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵔ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ˤ|rˤ}}
| [[Ṛ]] ṛ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵕ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʁ}} || ''[[guttural r|French r]]''
| Gh gh, [[Ɣ]] ɣ, [[Γ]] γ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵖ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|s}} || rowspan="2" | '''s'''un
| [[S]] s || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵙ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|sˤ}}
| [[Ṣ]] ṣ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵚ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʃ}} || '''sh'''ip
| [[C]] c || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵛ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|t}} || rowspan="2" | s'''t'''ick
| [[T]] t || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵜ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|tˤ}}
| [[Ṭ]] ṭ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵟ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ts}} || ca'''ts'''
| [[Ţ|Ţţ]] ţţ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵜⵙ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|tʃ}} || '''Ch'''ina
| [[Č]] č || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵞ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|w}} || '''w'''eep
| [[W]] w || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵡ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʷ}} || ''no English equivalent; [[labialization]]''
| ''sometimes'' [[°]] || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵯ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|χ}} || ''[[Scottish English|Scottish]]'' lo'''ch'''
| [[X]] x || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵅ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|z}} || rowspan="2" | '''z'''oo
| [[Z]] z || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵣ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|zˤ}}
| [[Ẓ]] ẓ || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵥ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʒ}} || mea'''s'''ure
| [[J]] j || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵊ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʕ}} || ''no English equivalent; [[German language|German]]'' fü'''r'''
| [[Â]] â, [[Ɛ]] ɛ, [[Σ]] [[ε]] || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵄ}}</big>
|}
</div>
<div style="float: right; width: 48%;">
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] || English approximation || Berber Latin letter || [[Tifinagh]] (IRCAM) equivalent 
|-
| {{IPAlink|æ}} || f'''a'''t
| [[A]] a || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴰ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ə}} || '''a'''bout
| [[E]] e || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⴻ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|i}} || sh'''ee'''t
| [[I]] i || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵉ}}</big>
|-
| {{IPAlink|ʊ}} || p'''u'''t
| [[U]] u || <big>{{script|Tfng|ⵓ}}</big>
|}
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==See also==
*{{clc|Pages with Berber languages IPA|pages}}

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