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Scots (Northern)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Germanic

Lat/lon: 57.1499012, -2.1260369

ISO code: sco

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, btʰ, dkʰ, g
tapɾ
fricativef, vθs, zʃ, ʒxh
affricate
nasalmnŋ
approximantʍ, wj

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
near-closeɪ
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ, ʌ
opena

Diphthongs

/əi/, /ae/, /əu/, /ɔe/

Source: Millar, Robert McColl. 2007. Northern and Insular Scots. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.

Contributed by: Anton Kukhto (kukhto@mit.edu)