Wiktionary:Votes/pl-2016-01/Pronunciation/diff

Main article: Wiktionary:Pronunciation

Ideally, every entry should have a pronunciation section, with the phonetic transcription and usually including an audio file. Note that pronunciations may vary widely between dialects, and non-linguists often have trouble writing down pronunciations properly.

A typical pronunciation section may look like the following (simplified) example based on the word carrot:

Code:

* {{a|en|GA}} {{IPA|/ˈkæɹət/|/ˈkɛɹət/|lang=en}}
* {{a|en|RP}} {{IPA|/ˈkæɹət/|lang=en}}
* {{audio|en-us-carrot.ogg|Audio (US)|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|æɹət|lang=en}}
* {{homophones|caret|karat|carat|lang=en}}
* {{hyphenation|car|rot|lang=en}}

Result:

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹət/, /ˈkɛɹət/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹət/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɹət
• Homophones: caret, karat, carat
• Hyphenation: car‧rot

Notes:

• The region or accent is first if there is regional variation, followed by the pronunciation system (such as enPR or IPA), a colon, then the pronunciation. (See Wiktionary:Pronunciation key for an outline of these two systems.) The phonetic transcriptions are normally placed between diagonal strokes. Use an established system of pronunciation transcription, such as IPA.
• For audio pronunciations, upload the Ogg file to Commons and link here using Template:audio.
• Rhymes are listed in the "Rhymes" namespace; do not list rhymes in the main namespace. In each entry, add a link to the respective rhymes page in that lists the rhymes for it. See {{rhymes}} for usage instructions.
• Homophones are words in the same language that have the same sound. Don't add: 1) words that are “nearly” homophones or rhymes (for example, for right, the words white or light); 2) words that are homophones if they are mispronounced in some way (e.g. for miss, the word myth when pronounced with a lisp); 3) words from other languages (which are unlikely to be true homophones anyway). (Note that it is different from homonym, which is ambiguous as it can mean either homophone or homograph.) Homophones should be listed in the alphabetical order, using the {{homophones}} template. If a word is a homophone in a particular dialect, it may be added provided the dialect is referred to (for example, rider is a homophone of writer in accents with flapping, and beater is a homophone of beta in non-rhotic accents).
• Use the template {{hyphenation}} for hyphenations.