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Bulgarian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Bulgarian 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
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ŋ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
d[5]
k[6]
b[7]
t[8]
ɡ[9]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[10]
t͡ʃ[11]
d͡z[12]
d͡ʒ[13]
FRICATIVE
f[14]
x[17]
v[18]
ɣ[21]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[15]
ʃ[16]
z[19]
ʒ[20]
APPROXIMANT
w[22]
j[23]
TRILL
r[24]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
ɫ[25]

END OF Bulgarian 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
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
6
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
7
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
8
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
9
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
10
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
11
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
12
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
13
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
15
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
18
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
19
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
22
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant
23
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
24
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
25
ɫ
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant

VOWELS

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