Talk:Amerikaens
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| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
