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Dutch phonology is similar to that of other West Germanic languages, especially Afrikaans and West Frisian. Standard Dutch has two main de facto pronunciation standards: Northern and Belgian. Northern Standard Dutch is the most prestigious accent in the Netherlands. It is associated with high status, education and wealth.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Dutch on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Dutch in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
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In Northern Dutch, /ɣ/ appears immediately before voiced consonants and sometimes also between vowels, but not in the word-initial position. In the latter case, the sound is not voiced and differs from /x/ in length (/ɣ/ is longer) and in that it is produced a little bit further front (mediovelar, rather than postvelar) and lacks any trilling, so that vlaggen /ˈvlɑɣən/ 'flags' has a ...
The Phonology of Dutch (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford University Press, 1995. The Morphology of Dutch, Oxford University Press. First edition 2002; second edition 2019. The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics), Oxford University Press. First edition 2005; second edition ...
Dutch: Standard [10] [11] aas [aːs] 'bait' Ranges from front to central. [12] See Dutch phonology: Utrecht [13] bad [bat] 'bath' Corresponds to in Northern Standard Dutch. See Dutch phonology: English: Australian [14] hat [hat] ⓘ 'hat' Most common pronunciation among younger speakers. [14] Older speakers typically use . See Australian ...
Modern Dutch spelling still retains many of the details of the late Middle Dutch system. The distinction between checked and free vowels is important in Dutch spelling. A checked vowel is one that is followed by a consonant in the same syllable (the syllable is closed) while a free vowel ends the syllable (the syllable is open).
Dutch: North Brabant [1] riem [ɽrim] 'belt' A rare variant of /r/, which occurs almost exclusively word-initially. [2] Realization of /r/ varies considerably among dialects. See Dutch phonology: North Holland [1] Toda [3] [kaɽr] 'pen for calves' Subapical. Toda contrasts plain and palatalized fronted alveolar, alveolar and retroflex trills ...