Template:sw-IPA

The following documentation is located at Template:sw-IPA/documentation.

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

This template creates the pronunciation of a Swahili word or phrase using Module:sw-IPA. Use it directly under the “Pronunciation” header:

==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
{{sw-IPA}}
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-kitu.flac|a=Kenya}}

The template can make an educated guess of the pronunciation without help:

• On the page kitu,

  {{sw-IPA}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈki.tu/

Monosyllabic words do not get stress by default, and if the stress falls on a preceding syllable (such as with monosyllabic verbs), one can add |note=y to mention this:

• On the page la,

  {{sw-IPA|note=y}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /lɑ/ (with stress on preceding syllable)

The same parameter can be used to add any other comment.

Certain words need respelling. For words that do not have their stress on the penultimate syllable, give an unnamed parameter equal to the pagename but with an apostrophe inserted before the stressed syllable:

• On the page lazima,

  {{sw-IPA|'lazima}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.zi.mɑ/

It may be necessary to explicitly indicate syllable breaks, such as after (and before) a syllabic ⟨m⟩ followed a labial. Do this by adding periods in the respelling:

• To get the pronunciation of nilimbadilisha,

  {{sw-IPA|nili.m.badilisha}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ni.li.m̩.ɓɑ.ɗiˈli.ʃɑ/

It is possible to generate other pronunciations in addition to Unguja standard as well, by adding the |locs= parameter with a comma-separated list of lects. Possible values currently are unguja/ung, kimvita/mv, arabic/ar.

• If kimvita is included, the modification _d gives dental consonants and _h gives aspirated consonants:

  • On the page paa,

    {{sw-IPA|p_haa|locs=ung,mv}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɑː/
• If arabic is included, the modification _? gives pharyngealized consonants, : gives geminate consonants, X gives ħ, and q gives q:

  • On the page hata,

    {{sw-IPA|Xat:a|locs=ung,ar}} gives

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.tɑ/
• (unadapted from Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈħɑtːɑ/

Finally, it is possible to generate bare pronunciations of specific ’lects with the code |dialect=pronunciation. For example, {{IPAchar|/{{sw-IPA|arabic=sult_?ani}}/}} gives

/sulˈt̪ˤɑ̹.ni/