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Portuguese Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Portuguese 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
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
k[6]
[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɡ[10]
ɡʷ[11]
FRICATIVE
f[12]
v[15]
ʁ[21]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[13]
ʃ[14]
z[16]
ʒ[17]
APPROXIMANT
j[18]
w[19]
TAP
ɾ[20]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[22]
ʎ[23]

END OF Portuguese 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
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
7
 
labialized
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
11
ɡʷ
 
labialized
voiced
velar
plosive
12
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
13
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
14
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
16
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
18
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
19
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant
20
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap
21
ʁ
 
voiced
uvular
fricative
22
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
23
ʎ
 
voiced
palatal
lateral approximant

VOWELS

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