Symbol Word Transcription p pande "pan@ b bande "ban@ t tand tan? d dan dan? k kalde "kal@ g galde "gal@The fricatives are f s:
f finde "fen@ s stand sdan?The approximants are v D j h:
v vinde "ven@ D bide "bi:D@ j Jul ju:?l h hest hEsdThe nasals are m n N:
m mile "mi:l@ n ny ny? N lunge "loN@The liquids are l R:
l land lan? R ride "Ri:D@St?d is symbolised by ? and may be found in syllables containing a long stressed vowel, or a short stressed vowel, or a short stressed vowel followed by a voiced consonant, e.g. p{u: - pE:?u, peu: - pEu?
Pure Vowels
The vowel system chosen for broad phonetic transcription is i e
E a A y 2 9 u o O @, with all vowels except @ occurring with
a length distinction (i: e: E: {: A: y: 2: 9: u: o: O:). The unrounded
front vowels are exemplified in the following:
Symbol Word Transcription i: mile "mi:l@ i ville "vil@ e: mele "me:l@ e visse "ves@ E: m?le "mE:l@ E t?kke "tEk@ {: male "m{:l@ a malle "mal@The central vowels are:
A: parken "pA:g=n A pakken "pAg=n @ unstressed final eThe rounded front vowels are:
y: hyle "hy:l@ y hylde "hyl@ 2: k?le "k2:l@ 2 k?lle "k2l@ 9: h?ne "h9:n@ 9 h?nse "h9ns@The back vowels are:
u: kule "ku:l@ u kulde "kul@ o: fole "fo:l@ o foto "fodo O: m?ne "mO:n@ O munde "mOn@ Q: k?re "kQ:@ Q kors kQsDiphthongs
Ai sejle "sAil@ Qi s?jle "sQil@ ui huje "hui@ (extremely rare) i:i pige "pi:i@ e:i ege "e:i@ conservative pronunciation E:i l?ge "lE:i@ iu ivrig "iuRi eu peber "peu@R Eu evne "Eun@ i:u hive "hi:u e:u leve "le:u E:u h?ve "hE:u au havn hau?n yu syv syu 2u d?vstum "d2usdom 9u st?vle "sd9ul@ iQ kirke "kiQk@ EQ b?r bEQ 9Q sm?r sm9Q
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