bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | |
stop | p, b | t̪, d̪ | k, g | |||||
trill | r | |||||||
tap | ɾ | |||||||
fricative | f | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | |||||
affricate | tʃ, dʒ | |||||||
nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
approximant | w | j | ||||||
lateral approximant | l | ʎ |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
close-mid | e | o | |
open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
open | a |
/ej/, /ɛw/, /uj/, /ow/, /ja/, /wa/, /jɛ/, /wə/
{p,b,t,d,k,g,f}ɾ, {p,b,k,g,f}l
Source: Carbonell, Joan F.; and Joaquim Llisterri. 1992. Catalan. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 22.53–56.
Comments: The initial clusters are described following Wheeler, Max. 2005. The phonology of Catalan. The phonology of the world’s languages. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)