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Welsh
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Welsh Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Welsh language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
[1]
[2]
ŋ̊[3]
m[4]
n[5]
ŋ[6]
PLOSIVE
p[7]
t[8]
k[10]
b[11]
d[12]
ɡ[14]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
d͡ʒ[13]
FRICATIVE
f[15]
θ[16]
χ[19]
h[20]
v[21]
ð[22]
ʍ[26]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[17]
ʃ[18]
z[23]
TRILL
[24]
r[25]
APPROXIMANT
j[27]
w[28]
LATERAL FRICATIVE
ɬ[29]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[30]

END OF Welsh PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
 
voiceless
bilabial
nasal
2
 
voiceless
alveolar
nasal
3
ŋ̊
 
voiceless
velar
nasal
4
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
5
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
6
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
7
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
8
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
9
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
10
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
11
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
12
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
13
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
15
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
16
θ
 
voiceless
dental
fricative
17
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
18
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
19
χ
 
voiceless
uvular
fricative
20
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
21
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
22
ð
 
voiced
dental
fricative
23
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
24
 
voiceless
alveolar
trill
25
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
26
ʍ
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
27
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
28
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant
29
ɬ
 
voiceless
alveolar
lateral fricative
30
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN