Plattdüütsch Phonology

Vowels

IPA	Description	word
monophthongs
i~iː	Close front unrounded vowel	hier
ɪ	Near-close near-front unrounded vowel	Kind
ɛ	Open-mid front unrounded vowel	fern
ɑ	Open back unrounded vowel	daal
ɔ	Half-open back rounded vowel	Bott
o	Half-closed back rounded vowel	Foorm
ʊ	Near-close near-back rounded vowel	smuck
u~uː	Closed back rounded vowel	Buuk
y	Close front rounded vowel	Hüüs
ɐ	Near-open central vowel	Lehrer
a~aː	Open-mid central unrounded vowel	Barg
ə	Schwa	vele
e	Close front unrounded vowel	Deel

Consonants

Since there is no standard Low German, there is no standard Low German consonant system. The table shows the consonant system of North Saxon, a West Low Saxon dialect.

	Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal-Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p  b	t  d		k  ɡ
Fricative	f  v	s  z	ʃ	x  ɣ	h
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant		r	l

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