Help:IPA/Old Church Slavonic

This is the IPA for Old Church Slavonic.

Consonants

IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	баба	box
d̪	добръ	dust
d͡z	ѕвѣꙁда	birds
ɡ	глаголати	good
k	кꙋпити	school
ɫ	лѫкъ	light
ɫ̩	влькъ	little
ʎ	любити	million
m	мати	marine
n̪	надєжда	north
ɲ	чрѣшьнꙗ	canyon
p	пѧть	speak
r	работа	as in rather, but trilled
rʲ	мор҄є	more yaks, but with a trilled "r"
r̩	тръгъ, крьстъ	water (American English)
s	словѣнинъ	salt
ʃ	шлємъ	sugar
t̪	трꙋдъ	style
t͡s	цвѣтъ	bats
t͡ʃ	чаша	cheese
v	вѣра	view
x	Христъ	loch (Scottish English)
z	ꙁємлꙗ	zoo
ʒ	жѧтва	pleasure

Marginal consonants

IPA	Examples	English approximation
f	фараѡнъ	pharaoh
θ (hypothetical)	страѳокамиль	thing

Vowels

IPA	Examples	English approximation
ɑ	анъгєлъ	father
æ	лѣто	as
ʊ	ѫгълъ	foot
ʊ̆	ѫгълъ	foot (but shorter)
ɛ	єѵанъгєльѥ	edge
ɛ̃	мѣсѧць	men
i	тоци	police
ɪ	съмрьть	bit
ɪ̆	съмрьть	bit (but shorter)
ɔ	обраꙁъ	off
ɔ̃	съвѫꙁъ	online
u	оутро, Їисꙋсъ	pool
ɨ ~ ɯ	мꙑслити	foot (but unrounded)

Iotified vowels

IPA	Examples	English approximation
jɑ	ꙗсти	yard
jɛ	ѥсмь	yes
ɛ̃	ѩꙁꙑкъ	yen
jɪ	наімъ	yin and yan
ɪ	ігра	yin and yang (but shorter)
ji	Їѡанъ	yield
ɔ̃	съѭꙁъ	yonder
ju	югъ	unity

Marginal vowels

IPA	Examples	French approximation
y (hypothetical)	Анъкѷра	u

References

• Todd B. Krause; Jonathan Slocum. "The Sound System". Old Church Slavonic Online. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
• David Huntley (1993). "Old Church Slavonic – Phonology". In Bernard Comrie; Greville G. Corbett (eds.). The Slavonic Languages. Routledge. pp. 126–134. ISBN 0-415-04755-2.