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Friulian

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 46.0560624, 13.2441624

ISO code: fur

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪c, ɟk, g
tapɾ
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒ
affricatets̪, dz̪tʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɛːɔː
open

Source: Miotti, Renzo. 2002. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 32(2). 237–247.

Comments: The voiced affricate /dz̪/ is a peripheral phoneme in the consonant inventory of central Friulian, restricted to a small number of words, mainly of Italian or Venetian origin...It is to be pointed out that most authors do not include /ʒ/ among the phonemes of central Friulian, preferring to assign it to /z/. Nevertheless, since our data show that /ʒ/ is in complementary distribution with /z/ in prevocalic position, we are inclined to regard it as a distinct phonemic unit... /ɛː, ɔː/ are very rare in central Friulian, being frequently replaced with /eː, oː/... In unstressed position, only /i, e, a, o, u/ may be found (Miotti 2002).

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