Variety German (Indo-European)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal
Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal
Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop p b t d k g
Sibilant affricate ts
Non-sibilant affricate pf
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative f v χ ʁ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open long unrounded close front vowel long rounded close front vowel long rounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ʏrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel long unrounded close-mid front vowel øːlong rounded close-mid front vowel long rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel œrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɐunrounded near-open central vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant