Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation

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The charts below show how the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to represent Hungarian pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.

Consonants

IPA

Letter

Example

Audio

English approx.

b

baj (trouble)

Audio:

(file)

bean

t͡s ^[1]

c

cím (address)

Audio:

(file)

cats

t͡ʃ

cs

csap (faucet; to strike)

Audio:

(file)

church

ds

zöldség (vegetable)

Audio:

(file)

d

dob (drum; to throw)

Audio:

(file)

dog

d͡z

dz

brindza (bryndza)

Audio:

(file)

kids

d͡ʒ

dzs

dzsessz (jazz)

Audio:

(file)

jazz

f

fa (tree)

Audio:

(file)

fall

ɡ

g

gép (machine)

Audio:

(file)

get

ɟ

gy

gyár (factory)

Audio:

(file)

duty (UK)

dj

mindjárt (right away)

Audio:

(file)

h

haj (hair)

Audio:

(file)

hair

ɦ^[2]

soha (never)

Audio:

(file)

x

potroh (abdomen)

Audio:

(file)

j

jól (well)

Audio:

(file)

yes

ç^[3]

rakj (put)

Audio:

(file)

ʝ^[4]

férj (husband)

Audio:

(file)

j^[5]

óriási (huge)

Audio:

(file)

yes

k

kis (small)

Audio:

(file)

skip

l

lap (sheet)

Audio:

(file)

lab

j

ly

hely (place)

Audio:

(file)

yes

m

már (already)

Audio:

(file)

mint

ɱ

szemfog (eye tooth)

Audio:

(file)

tromf

n

nép (people)

Audio:

(file)

neat

ɱ ^[6]

tanfolyam (course)

Audio:

(file)

ŋ ^[7]

hang (voice)

Audio:

(file)

ɲ

ny

nyugat (west)

Audio:

(file)

new (UK)

p

pénz (money)

Audio:

(file)

speak

kv

q

Aquincum (Aquincum)

Audio:

(file)

r

rész (part; piece)

Audio:

(file)

ʃ

s

sem (neither)

Audio:

(file)

show

s

sz

szól (to say)

Audio:

(file)

sit

t

több (more)

Audio:

(file)

stop

c

ty

tyúk (hen)

Audio:

(file)

tube (UK)

tj

kertje (his/her/its garden)

Audio:

(file)

v

vés (to carve)

Audio:

(file)

veal

w

watt (watt)

Audio:

(file)

ks

x

xenon (xenon)

Audio:

(file)

j

y

York (York)

Audio:

(file)

z

zöld (green)

Audio:

(file)

zeal

ʒ

zs

zseb (pocket)

Audio:

(file)

pleasure

^ and are not the same. The latter represents two phonemes, t and sz.
^ : Voiced glottal fricative: 1. Between two non-identical vowels 2. Between a sonorant (m, n, ny, l, j, r) and a vowel (in this order).
^ : At the end of the word after f, k, p. Examples: döfj, rakj, kapj.
^ : At the end of the word after b, v, g, r, m. Examples: dobj, óvj, égj, férj, szomj.
^ : A weak glide pronounced within a word (or a compound element) between two adjacent vowels (where one of them is i or í) to fill the hiatus. Since there is only a minor difference between the regular and the weaker glide , the same IPA symbol is used for both.
^ : n and m in the nf, nv, mf, mv consonant combinations.
^ : n in the ng and nk consonant combinations.

Long consonants

IPA

Letters

Example

Audio

English approx.

bː

bb

szebb (more beautiful)

Audio:

(file)

pb

alapbér (basic salary)

Audio:

(file)

t͡sː

cc

vicc (joke)

Audio:

(file)

dsz

tudsz (you can)

Audio:

(file)

dc

nádcukor (cane sugar)

Audio:

(file)

tsz

játszik (he/she plays)

Audio:

(file)

tssz

látssz (you should be visible)

Audio:

(file)

t͡ʃː

ccs

meccs (match)

Audio:

(file)

ts

szövetség (alliance)

Audio:

(file)

ds

fáradság (effort)

Audio:

(file)

dː

dd

addig (until)

Audio:

(file)

td

tiszteletdíj (royalty payment)

Audio:

(file)

d͡zː

dz

edző (coach)

Audio:

(file)

d͡ʒː

dzs

menedzser (manager)

Audio:

(file)

ddzs

briddzsel (with bridge)

Audio:

(file)

fː

ff

blöff (bluff)

Audio:

(file)

vf

évfolyam (class)

Audio:

(file)

ɡː

gg

agg (aged)

Audio:

(file)

kg

mákgubó (poppy head)

Audio:

(file)

ɟː

ggy

poggyász (luggage)

Audio:

(file)

gyj

nagyjából (roughly)

Audio:

(file)

dj

adjál (give me)

Audio:

(file)

d+gy

hadgyakorlat (military exercise)

Audio:

(file)

xː

hh

ch

pech (bad luck)

Audio:

(file)

jː

jj

éjjel (at night)

Audio:

(file)

lj

teljesen (totally)

Audio:

(file)

llj

állj (stop)

Audio:

(file)

lly

süllyed (to sink)

Audio:

(file)

ly+j

folyjon (let it flow)

Audio:

(file)

kː

kk

mekkora (what size)

Audio:

(file)

gk

megkap (to receive)

Audio:

(file)

lː

ll

hallott (he/she heard)

Audio:

(file)

mː

mm

semmi (nothing)

Audio:

(file)

nm

önmaga (himself)

Audio:

(file)

nː

nn

tenni (to do)

Audio:

(file)

ɲː

nny

amennyi (as much as)

Audio:

(file)

ny+j

anyja (his/her mother)

Audio:

(file)

nj

menj (go)

Audio:

(file)

pː

pp

nappali (daytime)

Audio:

(file)

bp

zabpehely (rolled oats)

Audio:

(file)

rː

rr

erre (this way)

Audio:

(file)

lr

balra (to the left)

Audio:

(file)

ʃː

ss

kissé (slightly)

Audio:

(file)

sz+s

egészség (health)

Audio:

(file)

z+s

igazság (truth)

Audio:

(file)

sː

ssz

messze (far)

Audio:

(file)

z+sz

vízszintes (horizontal)

Audio:

(file)

tː

tt

láttam (I saw it)

Audio:

(file)

dt

maradt (stayed)

Audio:

(file)

cː

tty

petty (dot)

Audio:

(file)

ty+j

atyja (his/her father)

Audio:

(file)

tj

látja (he/she sees it)

Audio:

(file)

vː

vv

évvel (with year)

Audio:

(file)

zː

zz

azzal (with that)

Audio:

(file)

sz+z

gyászzene (funeral music)

Audio:

(file)

ʒː

zzs

garázzsal (with garage)

Audio:

(file)

s+zs

sertészsír (lard)

Audio:

(file)

Vowels

IPA

Letter

Example

Audio

English approx.

ɒ

a

agy (brain)

Audio:

(file)

awe (but short)

aː

á

ágy (bed)

Audio:

(file)

father

ɛ

e

eke (plow)

Audio:

(file)

less

eː

é

ép (intact)

Audio:

(file)

café

i

irt (to eradicate)

Audio:

(file)

bit

iː

í

írt (he/she wrote)

Audio:

(file)

bee

o

ok (cause, reason)

Audio:

(file)

force

oː

ó

ó (old)

Audio:

(file)

hole

ø

ö

öt (five)

Audio:

(file)

øː

ő

őt (him/her)

Audio:

(file)

early

u

un (to be bored of)

Audio:

(file)

bull

uː

ú

út (road)

Audio:

(file)

tool

y

ü

ül (to sit)

Audio:

(file)

yː

ű

űr (space)

Audio:

(file)

Vowel variants

IPA

Letter

Example

Audio

English approx.

ɒː^[1]

a

arra (that way)

Audio:

(file)

a^[2]

a

halló? (hello?)

Audio:

(file)

ɛː

e

erre (this way)^[3]

Audio:

(file)

u̯^[4]

au

autó (car)

Audio:

(file)

^ A double length .
^ A short vowel between a and á. Mostly used in foreign words.
^ A double length .
^ A semivowel usually paired with another vowel such as au (augusztus), eu (euró).

Other symbols

A stress mark is placed before the syllable that is stressed.

IPA	indicates
ˈ (ˈa)	primary stress
ˌ (ˌa)	secondary stress
/ /	phonemes, as in /ˈinformɒtikɒ/
	speech sounds, as in

References

Hungarian phonology
Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation assimilation
Forró Orsolya: Hangtan II (in Hungarian)
Gósy Mária: A palatális közelítőhang kétféle funkcióban
Page 59 (65 in the PDF) and page 66–67 (72–73 in the PDF) in Optimális esszék a magyar fonológiáról by Siptár, Péter and Szilárd Szentgyörgyi

[1] re not the same. The latter represents two phonemes, t and sz.

[2] : Voiced glottal fricative: 1. Between two non-identical vowels 2. Between a sonorant (m, n, ny, l, j, r) and a vowel (in this order).

[3] : At the end of the word after f, k, p. Examples: döfj, rakj, kapj.

[4] : At the end of the word after b, v, g, r, m. Examples: dobj, óvj, égj, férj, szomj.

[5] : A weak glide pronounced within a word (or a compound element) between two adjacent vowels (where one of them is i or í) to fill the hiatus. Since there is only a minor difference between the regular and the weaker glide , the same IPA symbol is used for both.

[6] : n and m in the nf, nv, mf, mv consonant combinations.

[7] : n in the ng and nk consonant combinations.

[8] A double length .

[9] A short vowel between a and á. Mostly used in foreign words.

[10] A double length .

[11] A semivowel usually paired with another vowel such as au (augusztus), eu (euró).

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Appendix:Hungarian pronunciation

Contents

Consonants

Long consonants

Vowels

Vowel variants

Other symbols

References

Wikious

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