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Slovak Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Slovak 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
ALVEOLAR
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɲ[3]
PLOSIVE
p[4]
t[5]
c[6]
k[7]
b[8]
d[9]
ɟ[10]
ɡ[11]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[12]
d͡z[13]
d͡ʐ[14]
FRICATIVE
f[15]
x[18]
v[19]
ɦ[22]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[16]
ʂ[17]
z[20]
ʐ[21]
APPROXIMANT
j[23]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
ʎ[24]
l[25]
[26]
TRILL
r[27]
[28]

END OF Slovak 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
c
 
voiceless
palatal
plosive
7
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
9
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
10
ɟ
 
voiced
palatal
plosive
11
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
12
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
13
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
d͡ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant affricate
15
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
16
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
18
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
19
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
20
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
ʐ
 
voiced
retroflex
sibilant fricative
22
ɦ
 
voiced
glottal
fricative
23
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
24
ʎ
 
voiced
palatal
lateral approximant
25
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
26
long
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
27
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
28
long
voiced
alveolar
trill

VOWELS

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