Hungarian

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Vowels

The vowel system comprises 14 phonemes, as follows.

	SAMPA symbol	Orthography		Transcription

	i		hit			hit
	i:		szít			 si:t
	E		vet			vEt
	e:		méz			 me:z
	O 		hat			hOt
	a:		láb			 la:b
	o		sok			Sok
	o:		pók			 po:k
	2		köt			 k2t
	2:		sőt 			 S2:t
	u		fut			fut
	u:		kút			 ku:t
	y		süt			 Syt
	y:		fűt 			 fy:t

Consonants

The consonant system comprises 24 phonemes, as follows.

	p		Pál			 pa:l
	b		bál			 ba:l
	t		tár			 ta:r
	d		dán			 da:n
	t'		tyúk			 t'u:k
	d'		gyár			 d'a:r
	k		kád			 ka:d
	g		gát			 ga:t
	ts		cél			 tse:l
	dz		bodza			bodza
	tS		cső 			 tS2:
	dZ		dzsem			dZEm
	f		fát			 fa:t
	v		vád			 va:d
	s		szép			 se:p
	z		zár			 za:r
	S		só			 So:
	Z		zsír			 Zi:r
	m		már			 ma:r
	n		nád			 na:d
	J		nyom			Jom
	r		rák			 ra:k
	l		láp			 la:p
	j		jön, lyuk		 j2n, juk
	h		hát			 ha:t
	x		achát			 Oxa:t
	

for the phoneme /h/:
	x		doh			dox
	x		ihlet			ixlEt
	h\		lehet			lEh\Et

for the phoneme /j/:
	x'		kapj			kOpx'

for the phonemes /m, n/
	F		kámfor			ka:Ffor
			hamvas			hOFvOS
			honvágy			hoFva:d'
			honfitárs		hoFfita:rS
	N		ing			iNg
			tönk			t2Nk

Consonant length is distinctive in Hungarian. All consonants may be phonemically short or long (geminate); this contrast operates in intervocalic and final-postvocalic positions.

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Established on the initiative of Klára Vicsi. Maintained by J.C. Wells. Unicode version created 1998 April 23. Amended 1998 July 29, 1999 September 02, 2002 July 18.