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Danish

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Germanic

Lat/lon: 55.6712673, 12.5608388

ISO code: dan

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stoppʰ, ptˢ, tkʰ, k
fricativefsʁh
nasalmn
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide, øo
midə
open-midɛ, œɔ
opena

Source: Grønnum, Nina. 1998. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 28(1–2). 99–105.

Comments: Note that in a narrower transcription the aspirated plosives would be rendered as [b̥ʰ, d̥ˢ, g̊ʰ], since they are in fact lenis (Grønnum 1998: 100). The diphthongs can all be analyzed phonologically as consonant-vowel and vowelconsonant sequences, respectively (Grønnum 1998: 102). Stød is a kind of creaky voice. It occurs in long vowels and in phonetically voiced (sonorant) consonants. Presence vs absence of stød create an abundance of minimal contrasts...Stød is then a property of bi-moraic syllables (Grønnum 1998: 102).

Contributed by: Anton Kukhto (kukhto@mit.edu)