It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Basque in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here. Some keys are built on consensus more strongly than others; if the conventions of this key are already in wide use, any substantive change to it should be discussed on the talk page first as it would affect a large number of articles.
^The realisation of the graphemej varies depending on dialect and can be [j,ʝ,ɟ,dʒ,ʒ,ʃ,χ]. The last, resembling Scottish Englishloch, is typical of Gipuzkoan, and it has also become common in eastern varieties of Biscayan and the Sakana variety of the Upper Navarrese. However, the standard pronunciation ruled by Euskaltzaindia is [j], and is the one followed in this help.
^Euskaltzaindia. "Ñ Letra". සම්ප්රවේශය 4 January 2024.
^ abcdefgBasque contrasts two consonants that sound similar to the /s/ of Englishː /s̻/, which is laminal, and /s̺/, which is apical. /ts̻/ and /ts̺/ are contrasted the same way. The contrast between /s̻,ts̻/, /s̺,ts̺/ and /ʃ,tʃ/ is similar to the contrast between /s,ts/, /ʂ,tʂ/ and /ɕ,tɕ/ in Polish.
^Stress in Basque is complex and varies between regions, the Euskaltzaindia broadly recommends high-pitched weak stress on the second syllable of a syntagma.
^Secondary stress is low-pitched and weaker than primary stress, with the recommendation being for it to be the last syllable broadly speaking.
