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Farsi Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Farsi 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
UVULAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
PLOSIVE
p[3]
t[4]
k[6]
q[7]
ʔ[8]
b[9]
d[10]
ɡ[12]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
d͡ʒ[11]
FRICATIVE
f[13]
h[16]
v[17]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[14]
ʃ[15]
z[18]
ʒ[19]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[20]
APPROXIMANT
j[21]

END OF Farsi PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

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

VOWELS

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