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Dutch Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Dutch 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
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
ŋ[4]
PLOSIVE
p[5]
t[6]
k[8]
b[9]
d[10]
ɡ[12]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
d͡ʑ[11]
FRICATIVE
f[13]
x[16]
v[17]
ɣ[20]
ɦ[21]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[14]
ɕ[15]
z[18]
ʑ[19]
APPROXIMANT
ʋ[22]
j[24]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[23]
TRILL
r[25]

END OF Dutch PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
ɲ
 
voiced
palatal
nasal
4
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
5
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
6
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
7
t͡ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant affricate
8
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
9
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
10
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
11
d͡ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant affricate
12
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
13
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
14
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant fricative
16
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
17
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
18
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
19
ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant fricative
20
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
21
ɦ
 
voiced
glottal
fricative
22
ʋ
 
voiced
labio-dental
approximant
23
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
24
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
25
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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