This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the West Frisian language.
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i | iː | y | yː | u | uː | ||
| Close-mid | ɪ | eː | ø | øː | ə | o | oː | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɛː | ɔ | ɔː | ||||
| Open | a | aː | ||||||
Consonants[]
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | h |
| voiced | v | z | ɣ | ||
| Trill | ʙ | r | |||
| Approximant | ʋ | l | j | ||
References[]
- ↑ The allophones [ɲ, ɡ, β̞] are not included.