<<< Home page

Israeli Hebrew

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 31.768319, 35.21371

ISO code: heb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, bt, dk, gʔ
fricativef, vs, zʃxʁh
affricatets
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mido
open-midɛ
opena

Source: Bolozky, Shmuel. 1997. Israeli Hebrew Phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 287–311. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)