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Armenian
Հայերեն [LangPhonology]
Armenian Phonology

EXPLANATION

Հայերեն [LangPhonologyText]

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

END OF Armenian 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
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
5
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
6
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
7
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
8
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
9
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
10
 
aspirated
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
11
 
aspirated
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
12
 
aspirated
voiceless
velar
plosive
13
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
15
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
17
t͡sʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
18
t͡ʃʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
19
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
20
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
22
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
23
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
24
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
25
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
ʋ
 
voiced
labio-dental
approximant
27
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
28
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
29
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
30
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap

VOWELS

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