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Slovak (Standard)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Slavic
Lat/lon: 49.1, 19.6
ISO code: slk
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | p, b | | d, t | | c, ɟ | k, g | |
trill | | | r | | | | |
fricative | | f | s, z | ʃ̺, ʒ̺ | | x | ɦ |
affricate | | | ts, dz | t̺ʃ̺, d̺ʒ̺ | | | |
nasal | m | | n | | ɲ | | |
approximant | | ʋ | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | | | ʎ | | |
Long series
Long velarised series
| alveolar |
lateral approximant | ɫː |
Short palatalised series
| alveolar |
lateral approximant | lʲ |
Short velarised series
| alveolar |
lateral approximant | ɫ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i̞ | | u̞ |
open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
near-open | æ | | |
open | | ä | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | i̞ː | | u̞ː |
open-mid | ɛː | | ɔː |
open | | äː | |
Diphthongs
/ɪ̯ä/, /ɪ̯ɔ/, /ɪ̯u̞/, /ʊ̯ɔ/
Source: Hanulíková, Adriana; Hamann, Silke. 2010. Slovak. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 40/3
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)