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Swedish Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Swedish 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]
ŋ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
k[6]
b[7]
d[8]
ɡ[9]
FRICATIVE
f[10]
ɧ[13]
h[14]
v[15]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[11]
ɕ[12]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[16]
APPROXIMANT
j[17]
TRILL
r[18]

END OF Swedish 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
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
8
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
9
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
10
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
11
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
12
ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant fricative
13
ɧ
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
14
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
15
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
16
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
17
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
18
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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