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Croatian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Croatian 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
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
k[6]
b[7]
d[8]
ɡ[9]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[10]
t͡ɕ[11]
d͡ʐ[12]
d͡ʑ[13]
FRICATIVE
f[14]
x[17]
v[18]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[15]
ʂ[16]
z[19]
ʐ[20]
APPROXIMANT
j[21]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[22]
ʎ[23]
TRILL
r[24]

END OF Croatian 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
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
8
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
9
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
10
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
11
t͡ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant affricate
12
d͡ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant affricate
13
d͡ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant affricate
14
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
15
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
16
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
17
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
18
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
19
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant fricative
21
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
22
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
23
ʎ
 
voiced
palatal
lateral approximant
24
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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