Talk:Amerikaens
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Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Dorsal | 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/ is an allophone of [χ] and is also used in loanwords.
- ↑ 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 allophones.
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
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unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |||||
short | long | short | long | short | long | |||
Close | i | i: | y: | u: | ||||
Close-mid | eː | 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 |
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/ |