EURPhon: Breton (Bothoa)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Celtic

Lat/lon: 48.33478, -3.16123

ISO code: bre

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-palatal	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, b				t, d			k, g
trill					r, r̥
fricative				f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ			h
affricate						tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m, m̥				n, n̥			ŋ, ŋ̊
approximant		w, w̥	ɥ, ɥ̊				j, j̊
lateral approximant					l, l̥

Short nasalised series

	palatal
approximant	j̃

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
close-mid	e, ø		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
near-open	æ
open		a	ɒ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː, yː		uː
close-mid	eː, øː		oː
open-mid	ɛː		ɔː
near-open	æː
open		aː	ɒː

Short nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩ
close-mid	ẽ
open-mid	œ̃	ɔ̃
near-open	æ̃
open		ɑ̃

Diphthongs

/ɛɪ/, /əy/, /əu/, /au/, /ãw̃/

Source: Iosad, Pavel. 2012. Representation and variation in substance-free phonology: A case study in Celtic. A dissertation submitted for the degree of Philosophiæ Doctor. University of Tromsø, Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics.