Occitan phonology

This article describes the phonology of the Occitan language.

Consonants

Below is an abstract consonant chart that covers multiple dialects. Where symbols for consonants occur in pairs, the left represents a voiceless consonant and the right represents a voiced consonant.

IPA chart of Occitan consonants

	Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Palatal		Velar	Uvular
				plain	lab.
Nasal	m	n		ɲ		(ŋ)
Plosive	p   b	t   d				k   ɡ
Affricate		ts   (dz)	tʃ   dʒ
Fricative	f   (v)   β	s   z   ð	(ʃ)   (ʒ)			ɣ
Approximant				j	ɥ	w
Lateral		l		ʎ
Trill		r					(ʀ)
Tap		ɾ

Vowels

Vowels IPA Examples English equivalent a quatre sack e fetge say (without the y sound) ɛ mètge sect i vitz cease ɔ escòla cause u Tolosa soup y luna as in French rue and German Blüte

Diphthongs IPA Examples English equivalent aj maire tie ej rei bay ɛj glèisa ɔj jòia boy ɔw plòure aw pausa now ew Euròpa ɛw benlèu ja embestiar yard je oriental yes jɛ fièr jɔ luòc yawn ju accion you iw viure beware uj soi you yawned wa qüadragenari wag we bilingüe wait wɛ oèst wet ɥɛ fuèlha wɔ doás war wi Loís weed ɥi ambigüitat

Triphthongs IPA Examples English equivalent jaw suau jej fieiral jɛj fièira jew ieu jɛw camaièu jɔw buòu ɥɛj puèi

External links

• Occitan phonology