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German Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the German 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
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ŋ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
k[6]
ʔ[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[10]
AFFRICATE
p͡f[11]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[12]
t͡ʃ[13]
d͡ʒ[14]
FRICATIVE
f[15]
ç[18]
x[19]
h[20]
v[21]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[16]
ʃ[17]
z[22]
ʒ[23]
APPROXIMANT
j[24]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[25]
TRILL
r[26]

END OF German PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

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

VOWELS

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