EURPhon: Bulgarian (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Slavic

Lat/lon: 43.0, 25.0

ISO code: bul

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar
stop	p, b		t̪, d̪			c, ɟ	k, g
trill				r
fricative		f, v	s̪, z̪		ʃ, ʒ		x
affricate			t̪s̪, d̪z̪		tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m			n		ɲ
approximant						j
lateral approximant						ʎ

Short velarised series

	dental
lateral approximant	ɫ̪

Short palatalised series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar
stop	pʲ, bʲ		tʲ, dʲ
trill			rʲ
fricative		fʲ, vʲ	sʲ, zʲ
affricate			tsʲ
nasal	mʲ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid			ɤ̟
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		ä

Source: Бояджиев, Т.; Куцаров, И.; Пенчев, Й. 1998. Съвременен български език. София: Петър Берон; Бояджиев, Т.; Тилков, Д. 1997. Фонетика на българския книжовен език. Велико Търново: Абагар; Ternes, E.; Vladimirova-Buhtz, T. 1999. Bulgarian (sound system). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, 55—57. Cambridge: CUP