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|d<ref>/d/ is devoiced at the ends of words as /t/.</ref>
|d<ref>/d/ is devoiced at the ends of words as /t/.</ref>
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|g<ref>/g/, not present in Continental Dutch, exists in Amerikaens due to the influence of English and French.</ref>
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!voiced<ref>Voiced fricatives are generally devoiced by the majority of Amerikaens speakers.</ref>
!voiced<ref>Voiced fricatives are generally devoiced by the majority of Amerikaens speakers.</ref>
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! colspan="2" |Approximant
! colspan="2" |Approximant
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! colspan="2" |Rhotic
! colspan="2" |Rhotic
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| colspan="3" |r<ref>[ʁ] and [ɾ] are common allophones among some speakers.</ref>
| colspan="3" |r<ref>[ʁ] and [ɾ] are allophones.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Vowels
!
! colspan="3" |Front
! colspan="3" |Central
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Back
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!
! colspan="2" |<small>unrounded</small>
! rowspan="2" |<small>rounded</small>
! rowspan="2" |<small>unrounded</small>
! colspan="2" |<small>rounded</small>
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!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
!<small>short</small>
!<small>long</small>
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!Close
|i
|i:
|y:
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!Close-mid
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|eː
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|o:
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!Mid
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|œ:
|ɔ:
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!Near-open
|æ:
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!Open
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|ɑ:
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!Diphthongs
| colspan="8" |ɑi æi ɑu ɛu œu ɔu ɔi
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Graphemes of vowels
! rowspan="2" |Grapheme
! colspan="2" |IPA
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!checked
!free
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|a
|/ɑ/, /ʌ/
|/ɑ:/
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|ae
|/ɑ/
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|e
|/ɛ/, /ə/
|/eː/, /ə/
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|o
|/ɔ/, /ʌ/
|/o:/
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| colspan="2" |/o:/
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|ai, aei
| colspan="2" |/ɑi/, /æi/
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|au(x), eau(x)
| colspan="2" |/o:/
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|auw
| colspan="2" |/ɔu/
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|ie
|/i/, /ə/
|/i:/
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| colspan="2" |/e:/
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|îuw, ieuw
| colspan="2" |/e:u/, /iu/
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|ey
| colspan="2" |/ɛi/
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|eu
| colspan="2" |/œ:/
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|oi
| colspan="2" |/ɔi/
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|ou. ouw
| colspan="2" |/ɔu/
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|ÿ
| colspan="2" |/ɑi/, /æi/
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| colspan="2" |/u:/
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|uy, üy
| colspan="2" |/œu/, /ɛu/
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|ue
| colspan="2" |/y:/
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|uw
| colspan="2" |/yu/
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=== Old Orthography Reference ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Dutch
|aa
|d
|ee
| ei
|f
|ij
|k
|l
|m
|oo
|oe
|ui
|uu
|-
!Amerikaens
|ae
|dt{{ref|l}}
|ey
|v{{ref|l}}
| ÿ
|ck
|ll{{ref|m}}
|mm{{ref|m}}
|uy
|ue
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 20:09, 6 August 2023

Lexicon

Pronouns- Common Words- Other Wordss-

Koetoe

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Post-alveolar Dorsal Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d[1] g[2]
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ χ[3] h
voiced[4] v z ʒ ɦ
Approximant w[5] l j
Rhotic r[6]
  1. /d/ is devoiced at the ends of words as /t/.
  2. /g/ is an allophone of [χ] and is also used in loanwords.
  3. Merger of /ɣ/ and /x/. Before /j/, it can be fronted to /ç/.
  4. Voiced fricatives are generally devoiced by the majority of Amerikaens speakers.
  5. Due to influence from French and English, the original Dutch /ʋ/ came to be realised as /w/.
  6. [ʁ] and [ɾ] are allophones.
Vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
short long short long short long
Close i i: y: u:
Close-mid o:
Mid ɛ ə œ œ: ɔ ɔ:
Near-open æ æ:
Open (a) ʌ ɑ ɑ:
Diphthongs ɑi æi ɑu ɛu œu ɔu ɔi
Graphemes of vowels
Grapheme IPA
checked free
a /ɑ/, /ʌ/ /ɑ:/
ae /ɑ/
e /ɛ/, /ə/ /eː/, /ə/
o /ɔ/, /ʌ/ /o:/
ö /o:/
ai, aei /ɑi/, /æi/
au(x), eau(x) /o:/
auw /ɔu/
ie /i/, /ə/ /i:/
î /e:/
îuw, ieuw /e:u/, /iu/
ey /ɛi/
eu /œ:/
oi /ɔi/
ou. ouw /ɔu/
ÿ /ɑi/, /æi/
ü /u:/
uy, üy /œu/, /ɛu/
ue /y:/
uw /yu/

Old Orthography Reference

Dutch aa d ee ei f ij k l m oo oe ui uu
Amerikaens ae dt[1] î ey v[2] ÿ ck ll[3] mm[4] ö ü uy ue