bilabial | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | velar | uvular | glottal | |
stop | p, b | t, d | k, g | ||||
trill | ʀ | ||||||
fricative | f, v | s̺, z̺ | ʃ, ʒ | x | h | ||
affricate | ts, dz | tʃ, dʒ | |||||
nasal | m | n | |||||
lateral approximant | l |
alveolar | |
nasal | nʲ |
lateral approximant | lʲ |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
close-mid | e | o | |
mid | ə | ||
open | a |
front | central | back | |
close | iː | uː | |
open | aː |
/ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ou/
pt, pl, pʀ, pn, ps̺, pʃ, px, plʲ, pl, bd, bl, bʀ, bg, tʀ, tm, dl, dn, tn, tl, tk, tv, tf, tx, dʀ, dv, kn, kd, kl, ks̺, kʀ, kv, gn, gl, gʀ, gv, gz, fl, fʀ, vl, vʀ, s̺m, s̺f, s̺v, s̺n, s̺t, s̺d, s̺k, s̺p, s̺x, s̺ʀ, s̺l, z̺m, z̺n, z̺g, z̺ʀ, z̺l, z̺b, ʃm, ʃv, ʃf, ʃn, ʃt, ʃp, ʒm, ʒl, ʒlʲ, ʃk, ʃx, ʃl, ʃtʃ, ʃʀ, ʃlʲ, xm, xv, xʃ, xs̺, xl, xk, xts, xnʲ, xʀ, tsl, tsn, tsd, tsv, tʃv, mʀ, ml, ʃpʀ, ʃtʀ, ʃkʀ, ʃkl, s̺pʀ, s̺tʀ, s̺kʀ, s̺kl
p, b, m, f, v, t, d, s̺, z̺, ts, dz, n, l, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ, k, g, x, ʀ, nʲ, lʲ, pt, ps̺, pʃ, ft, fts, fs̺, mp, mb, md, mt, ms̺, lp, lb, lts, lt, ld, ldz, lk, lg, lʃ, lz, tʃt, tst, ʃt, s̺t, s̺p, s̺k, nt, nd, ŋk, ŋg, ns̺, nts, ndz, ntʃ, ʀp, ʀf, ʀt, ʀd, ʀb, ʀm, ʀs̺, ʀʃ, kʃ, ks̺, kt, xt, xts, xs̺, lx, lf, ʀts, ps̺k, ps̺t, pts, fs̺t, ʃs̺t, ks̺t, xs̺t, xts, fts, ftst, ms̺t, mts, ŋgt, ŋkt, ŋks̺, nts, ns̺t, ntst, ns̺k, ntʃt, ls̺t, ltst, lkt, lks̺, ʀs̺t, lʃt, ʀps̺t, ʀks̺t, ŋgs̺t
(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C), (C)(C)V(C)(C)s̺t, {s̺,ʃ}(C){ʀ,l}V(C)(C)(C)
Source: Jacobs, Neil G. 2005. Yiddish. A Linguistic Introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press
Comments: Vowel nasalization is best explained in segmental terms. Outside Galicia, Volhynia and Podolia /ʀ/ is realized as /r/. /ə/ is only found in unstressed syllables. The phonetic quality of the vowels may be described somewhat inaccurately.
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)