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Catalan (Central)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 41.4, 2.2

ISO code: cat

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, g
trill
tapɾ̺
fricativefs̺, z̺ʃ, ʒ
affricatets̺, dz̺tʃ, dʒ
nasalmɲ̟ŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantʎ̟

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ̺

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̯u, u̯
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Licit initial clusters

TL

Licit finals

p, t̪, k, f, s̺, ʃ, ts̺, tʃ, m, n̺, ɫ̺, ɾ̺, ʎ̟, ɲ̟, Cs̺, Lf, ɱf, Lp, Lk, Ln̺, r̺t̪, s̺t̻

Licit syllabic templates

C(j)V(C)(s̺), C(w)V(C)(s̺), TL(j)V(C)(s̺), TL(w)V(C)(s̺)

Source: Lloret, Maria-Rosa. 2011. La fonologia del català. Col. «El que sabem de...» Articles de suport a la docència. Barcelona: Santillana.

Comments: T = obstruent

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)