Upper Sorbian phonology

This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Upper Sorbian language.

Vowels

The vowel inventory of Upper Sorbian is exactly the same as that of Lower Sorbian. It is also very similar to the vowel inventory of Slovene.

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	æ	a	ɒ

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial		Dental/ Alveolar		Palatal	Velar/ Uvular		Glottal
		hard	soft	hard	soft	soft	hard	soft	hard
Nasal		m	mʲ	n		ɲ
Plosive	voiceless	p	pʲ	t			k
	voiced	b	bʲ	d			ɡ
Affricate	voiceless			t͡s	(t͡sʲ)	t͡ʃ
	voiced			(d͡z)		d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f		s		ʃ	x
	voiced	(v)		z	zʲ	ʒ			ɦ
Trill							ʀ	ʀʲ
Approximant		β	ɥ	l		j

External links

• Upper Sorbian phonology