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German (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Germanic

Lat/lon: 52.3796664, 9.7614715

ISO code: deu

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stoppʰ, bt̺ʰ, d̺kʰ, g
trillʀ
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒçh
affricatepftstʃ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪ, ʏʊ
midə
open-midɛ, œɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɛː
open

Source: Hall, Tracy Alan. 2000. Phonologie. Eine Einführung. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

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