User:Ardub23/Pokémon name pronunciations

This is a compilation of the pronunciations of Pokémon names.

This list is meant to act as a resource for editors looking to create pages about notable Pokémon species. Because the pronunciations of many Pokémon's names are not immediately evident, it is often good to include an IPA transcription in the lead paragraph of these articles.

The pronunciations given in the "Phonemic" column are based mainly on English phonemic orthography (i.e. how it looks like it ought to be pronounced) or pronunciations used in official media (especially the Pokédex 3D Pro app). It is often helpful to consider a name's possible etymology as well.

This list is incomplete. It lacks pronunciations from the Pokémon anime for most species, and it could do with more citations. Also, I (the creator of this list) am an untrained hobbyist linguist, so my confidence in the accuracy and consistency of my square-bracket phonetic transcriptions is quite low. Feel free to edit this page to improve upon it in any way you see fit.