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Slovak (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Slavic

Lat/lon: 49.1, 19.6

ISO code: slk

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bd, tc, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativefs, zʃ̺, ʒ̺xɦ
affricatets, dzt̺ʃ̺, d̺ʒ̺
nasalmnɲ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantʎ

Long series

alveolar
trillrː

Long velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫː

Short palatalised series

alveolar
lateral approximantlʲ

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei̞u̞
open-midɛɔ
near-openæ
openä

Long series

frontcentralback
closei̞ːu̞ː
open-midɛːɔː
openäː

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)