Macedonian phonology

This article discusses the phonological system of Standard Macedonian (unless otherwise noted) based on the Prilep-Bitola dialect. For discussion of other dialects, see Macedonian dialects. Macedonian possesses five vowels, one semivowel, three liquid consonants, three nasal stops, three pairs of fricatives, two pairs of affricates, a non-paired voiceless fricative, nine pairs of voiced and unvoiced consonants and four pairs of stops.

Vowels

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open		a

Consonants

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪		ɲ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t̪		c	k
	voiced	b	d̪		ɟ	ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		t̪͡s̪		t͡ʃ
	voiced		d̪͡z̪		d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s̪		ʃ	x
	voiced	v	z̪		ʒ
Approximant			ɫ̪		j
Trill				r
Lateral				l	ʎ

External links

• Macedonian phonology