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Occitan (Gascon)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 45.0, -0.5

ISO code: oci

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, g
trillr
tapɾ
fricativefs, zʃ, ʒh
affricatets, dz
nasalmɲ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlʎ

Short palatalised series

alveolar
stoptʲ, dʲ

Short labialised series

velar
stopkʷ, gʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide
open-midɛɔ
opena

Diphthongs

/ai̯/, /ɛi̯/, /ei̯/, /ɔi̯/, /ui̯/, /yi̯/, /au̯/, /ɛu̯/, /eu̯/, /iu̯/, /ɔu̯/, /ja/, /jɔ/, /je/, /jɛ/, /ju/, /we/, /wɛ/

Triphthongs

/wei̯/, /jau̯/, /jɛi̯/, /jei̯/, /weu̯/, /wɛi̯/

Source: Romieu, Maurice; André Bianchi. 2005. Gramatica de l'occitan gascon contemporanèu. Presses universitaires de Bordeaux

Comments: /yi̯/ is often reduced to /y/.

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