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Catalan (Mallorcan)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 39.6, 3.0

ISO code: cat

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪c, ɟ
trill
tapɾ̺
fricativefs̺, z̺ʃ, ʒ
affricatets̺, dz̺tʃ, dʒ
nasalmɲ̟ŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantʎ̟

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ̺

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̯u, u̯
close-mideo
midə̹
open-midɛ̞ɔ̞
open

Licit initial clusters

TL

Licit finals

p, t̪, c, f, s̺, ʃ, ts̺, tʃ, m, n̺, ɫ̺, ʎ̟, ɲ̟, C(s̺), NT(s̺), LT(s̺)

Licit syllabic templates

(C(L))V(C(s̺))

Source: Lloret, Maria-Rosa. 2011. La fonologia del català. Col. «El que sabem de...» Articles de suport a la docència. Barcelona: Santillana.

Comments: T = obstruent.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)