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Spanish (Castilian)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 40.4, -3.7

ISO code: spa

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, bt̻, d̻k, g
tapɾ
fricativefθs̺̠ʃχ
affricateɟʝ
nasalmnɲ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̯u, u̯
close-mid
open

Licit finals

β̞, t, ð̞, θ, n, l, ɾ, s̺̠, k, χ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)(V̯)V(V̯)(C)(C)

Source: Frías Conde, Xavier. 2001. Introducción a la fonética y fonología del español. Ianu: Revista Philologica Romanica. Suplemento 04.

Comments: /ʃ/ is found marginally in English loanwords.

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