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Spanish Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Spanish language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
k[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[11]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
FRICATIVE
ʝ[10]
f[12]
θ[13]
x[16]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[14]
ʃ[15]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[17]
ʎ[18]
TAP
ɾ[19]
TRILL
r[20]

END OF Spanish 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
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
6
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
ʝ
 
voiced
palatal
fricative
11
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
12
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
13
θ
 
voiceless
dental
fricative
14
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
17
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
18
ʎ
 
voiced
palatal
lateral approximant
19
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap
20
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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