LAB 2: IPA transcription

IPA transcription of Hindi words (tip of the hat to Prof. Keith Johnson)

1. Get the handout.

2. Listen to Ila Nagar pronounce some words in Hindi that illustrate some of the phonetic contrasts present in that language. You may want to download the files to a local directory for ease of access. In addition to Praat, there may be other programs on the software page that you might find helpful.

  Listen to part A.
  Listen to part B.
  Listen to part C.
  Listen to part D.

3. Listen to the following word pairs and make IPA transcriptions.
  Listen to transcription practice #1.
  Listen to transcription practice #2.
  Listen to transcription practice #3.
  Listen to transcription practice #4.
  Listen to transcription practice #5.
  Listen to transcription practice #6.
  Listen to transcription practice #7.
  Listen to transcription practice #8.