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Catalan Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Catalan 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
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
ŋ[4]
PLOSIVE
p[5]
t[6]
k[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[10]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[11]
t͡ʃ[12]
d͡z[13]
d͡ʒ[14]
FRICATIVE
f[15]
θ[16]
x[19]
h[20]
v[21]
ʁ[24]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[17]
ʃ[18]
z[22]
ʒ[23]
APPROXIMANT
j[25]
w[26]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[27]
ʎ[28]
TRILL
r[29]
ʀ[30]
TAP
ɾ[31]

END OF Catalan 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
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
11
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
12
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
13
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
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
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
ʁ
 
voiced
uvular
fricative
25
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
26
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant
27
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
28
ʎ
 
voiced
palatal
lateral approximant
29
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
30
ʀ
 
voiced
uvular
trill
31
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap

VOWELS

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