EURPhon: Dutch

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Germanic

Lat/lon: 52.3747157, 4.8986167

ISO code: nld

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	p, b		t, d		k
tap			ɾ
fricative		f, v	s, z			χ	ɦ
nasal	m		n		ŋ
approximant		ʋ		j
lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
near-close	ɪ, ʏ
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open			ɑ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː, yː		uː
close-mid	eː, øː		oː
open-mid	ɛː, œː		ɔː
open		aː

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
open-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
open		ã

Diphthongs

/ɛi/, /œy/, /ʌu/

Source: Gussenhoven, Carlos. 1999. Ilustrations of the IPA: Dutch. Handbook of the International Phonetic Association. Cambridge University Press. 74-77.

Comments: The vowels in brackets are marginal in the language. Main stress falls on the antepenult, the penult, or the final syllable of the word if the penult is open, and on the penult or the final syllable if the penult is closed.