Talk:Amerikaens
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Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | 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] |
- ↑ /d/ is devoiced at the ends of words as /t/.
- ↑ /g/, not present in Continental Dutch, exists in Amerikaens due to the influence of English and French.
- ↑ Merger of /ɣ/ and /x/. Before /j/, it can be fronted to /ç/.
- ↑ Voiced fricatives are generally devoiced by the majority of Amerikaens speakers.
- ↑ Due to influence from French and English, the original Dutch /ʋ/ came to be realised as /w/.
- ↑ [ʁ] and [ɾ] are common allophones among some speakers.