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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
trill

Long velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫː

Short palatalised series

alveolar
lateral approximant

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
close
open-midɛɔ
near-openæ
open

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)