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Welsh (Llanwrtyd)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Celtic

Lat/lon: 52.107586, -3.637427

ISO code: cym

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰt, tʰk, kʰ
trillr, r̥
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃχh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ŋ, ŋ̥
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontback
close
close-mid
openɑː

Diphthongs

/ai/, /ɔi/, /ʊi/, /əi/, /ɪu/, /ɛu/, /au/, /əu/

Source: Jones, Glyn E. 1984. The Distinctive Vowels and Consonants of Welsh. Welsh Phonology: Selected Readings, edited by Martin J. Ball and Glyn E. Jones. Cardiff, University of Wales Press.

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