Comparison of Mongolian Letter Sounds to English Sounds
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Comparison of Mongolian Letter Sounds to English Sounds
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Table showing a comparison between sounds in Mongolian and English.
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D. Narantsetseg
Brian White
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Derived from materials developed in experimental Mongolian language courses taught at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and University of Maine Augusta from 2009 to 2012.
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2012
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English
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Comparison of Mongolian Letter Sounds to English Sounds
| Symbols | Transcription | Approximate pronunciation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| А а | [a] | Like u in up | ам, аав, ав |
| Б б | [b] | Like b in but | би, багш, салбар |
| В в | [w, v] | Similar to w in want and v in rev (depending on position, between w and v sounds) | тав, хавар, дэвтэр |
| Г г | [g] | Similar to g in got. | гэр, өглөө, баг гар, гол, бага |
| Д д | [d] | Like d in do | дээр, хэдэн, үүд |
| Е е | [ye] | Similar to ye in yes | ер, үер, бие |
| Ё ё | [yo] | Similar to yo in your | ёс, хоёр, гоё |
| Ж ж | [j] | Similar to j in join | жижиг, хожил, явж |
| З з | [z] | An affriciate similar to z in zero | зам, эзэн, олз |
| И и | [i] | Like ee in tree | их, хийх |
| Й й | [y] | Used as part of diphthong, sounds like oy in boy and uy in buy | байх, хойно, нохой |
| К к | [k] | Corressponds to k. Used only in loan words | кино, компьютер |
| Л л | [l] | Similar to l in salt | литр, олон, алт |
| М м | [m] | Identical to m in man | мал, амар, журам |
| Н н | [n] | Before vowels sounds like n in no. Before consonant and in final positions of words sounds like ng in song | ном, санал, хаана хүн, хаан, монгол, он |
| О о | [o] | Similar to o in or | одоо, олон, бороо |
| Ө ө | [o] | Similar to ea in earth | өндөр, мөрөн, өрөө |
| П п | [p] | Corresponds to p in part. Used only in loan words | пүүс, пянз |
| Р р | [r] | Similar to r in trip, but stronger | нар, орон, гар |
| С с | [s] | Like s in son | сар, асар, хос |
| Т т | [t] | Like t in test | том, хатуу, хот |
| У у | [u] | Similar to o in cone | ус, сур, буруу |
| Ү ү | [u] | Similar to oo in moose and soon | үс, дүрэм, дүү |
| Ф ф | [f] | Corresponds to f. Used only in loan words | ферм, фонд |
| Х х | [h] | Similar to h in hot | хол, эх, цүнх |
| Ц ц | [ts] | An affricate like ts in roots | цаг, цэцэг, гарц |
| Ч ч | [ch] | An affricate like ch in check | чанар, ачаа, хэрч |
| Ш ш | [Sh] | Like sh in bush | шар, ашиг, хөрш |
| Щ щ | [sch] | A digraph for ш (sh) and ч (ch) Used only in loan words | Хрущев |
| ь | soft sign | No sound. Indicates palatalisation of the preceding consonant and separates it from the following y-glide. Usually creates a diphthong like conversion of the preceding vowel. Ex. урь sounds like уйр. | тавь, амь, морь харья, хэлье |
| ы | [ii] | A long back vowel. Similar to ee in bee | ахын, номыг, оны |
| ъ | hard sign | No sound. Used to separate Hard consonant from y-glide following it | авъя, бодъё, харъя |
| Э э | [e] | Similar to e in help | энэ, хэн, тэмээ |
| Ю ю | [yu] | Similar to you in you | юм, юу, оюутан |
| Я я | [ya] | Similar to ya in yawn | ямар, хаяг, сая |
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D. Narantsetseg, “Comparison of Mongolian Letter Sounds to English Sounds,” Mongolian Language Resource Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, http://themongolist.com/langdb/items/show/2.