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Slovene Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Slovene 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]
PLOSIVE
p[3]
t[4]
k[5]
b[6]
d[7]
ɡ[8]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡s[9]
t͡ʃ[10]
d͡ʒ[11]
FRICATIVE
f[12]
x[15]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[13]
ʃ[14]
z[16]
ʒ[17]
APPROXIMANT
ʋ[18]
j[20]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[19]
TAP
ɾ[21]

END OF Slovene PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
4
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
5
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
6
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
7
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
8
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
9
t͡s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
10
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
11
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
12
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
13
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
14
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
15
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
16
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
17
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
18
ʋ
 
voiced
labio-dental
approximant
19
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
20
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
21
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap

VOWELS

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