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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p   b           t   d           c     k   ɡ      
 
 
 
 
ʔ  
 
Nasal
  m             n             ɲ     ŋ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
  ʀ  
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f   v       s   z           ç     x   ɣ                 ɦ  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
  β̞     ʋ                     j                      
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l                 ʟ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: JKDutch
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West
The languages has 44 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

German is spoken primarily in West and East
Germany.

Sources:

Moulton, W.G. 1962. The Sounds of English and German.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Wangler, H.H. 1972. Physiologische Phonetik, eine
Einfuhrung. N.G. Elwert Verlag, Marburg.