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Albanian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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

END OF Albanian 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
c
 
voiceless
palatal
plosive
8
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
9
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
10
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
11
ɟ
 
voiced
palatal
plosive
12
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
13
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
15
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
17
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
18
θ
 
voiceless
dental
fricative
19
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
22
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
23
ð
 
voiced
dental
fricative
24
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
25
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
27
ɫ
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
28
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
29
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap
30
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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