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Hungarian (Standard)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Ugric

Lat/lon: 47.5, 19.0

ISO code: hun

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopb, pd, tc, ɟg, k
tapɾ
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-midøo
open-midɛɔ
open

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
openäː

Source: Gósy, Mária. 2004. Fonetika, a beszéd tudománya. Budapest: Osiris Kiadó

Comments: /j/ has allophones [ʝ] and [ç] in certain environments. /h/ may become [ɦ], [ç], [x]. /ä/ is restricted to recent borrowings. /c/, /ɟ/ are sometimes described as /cç/, /ɟʝ/.

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