беларуская
 
Belarusian
беларуская [LangPhonology]
Belarusian Phonology

EXPLANATION

беларуская [LangPhonologyText]

These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Belarusian 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
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
NASAL
[1]
[2]
PLOSIVE
[4]
[5]
k[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
ɡ[10]
ɡʲ[11]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
FRICATIVE
[18]
x[22]
[23]
[24]
ɣ[28]
ɣʲ[29]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[19]
[20]
ʂ[21]
z[25]
[26]
ʐ[27]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
[30]
l̪ʲ[31]
APPROXIMANT
j[32]
TRILL
r[33]

END OF Belarusian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
 
voiced
dental
nasal
3
n̪ʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
dental
nasal
4
 
palatalized
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
 
voiceless
dental
plosive
6
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
7
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
 
palatalized
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
 
voiced
dental
plosive
10
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
11
ɡʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
plosive
12
t͡s̪
 
voiceless
dental
sibilant affricate
13
t͡s̪ʲ
 
palatalized
voiceless
dental
sibilant affricate
14
ʈ͡ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant affricate
15
d͡z̪
 
voiced
dental
sibilant affricate
16
d͡z̪ʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
dental
sibilant affricate
17
d͡ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant affricate
18
 
palatalized
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
19
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
 
palatalized
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
22
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
23
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
fricative
24
 
palatalized
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
25
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
 
palatalized
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
27
ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant fricative
28
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
29
ɣʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
fricative
30
 
voiced
dental
lateral approximant
31
l̪ʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
dental
lateral approximant
32
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
33
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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