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Polish Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Polish 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]
ŋ[4]
PLOSIVE
p[5]
t[6]
k[7]
[8]
b[9]
d[10]
ɡ[11]
ɡʲ[12]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[13]
t͡ɕ[14]
d͡z[15]
d͡ʐ[16]
d͡ʑ[17]
FRICATIVE
f[18]
x[22]
[23]
v[24]
ɣ[28]
ɣʲ[29]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[19]
ʂ[20]
ɕ[21]
z[25]
ʐ[26]
ʑ[27]
TRILL
r[30]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[31]
APPROXIMANT
j[32]
w[33]

END OF Polish 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
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
plosive
9
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
10
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
11
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
12
ɡʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
plosive
13
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
t͡ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant affricate
15
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
d͡ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant affricate
17
d͡ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant affricate
18
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
19
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
21
ɕ
 
voiceless
palatal
sibilant fricative
22
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
23
 
palatalized
voiceless
velar
fricative
24
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
25
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant fricative
27
ʑ
 
voiced
palatal
sibilant fricative
28
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
29
ɣʲ
 
palatalized
voiced
velar
fricative
30
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
31
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
32
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
33
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant

VOWELS

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