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For example, Lass (1984), states that the onset of /œu/ is central [ɵu]. [43] In some words which, in English, are pronounced with /əʊ̯/, the Afrikaans equivalent tends to be pronounced with /œʊ̯/, rather than /ʊə/. That happens because Afrikaans /œʊ̯/ is more similar to the usual South African realization of English /əʊ̯/. [41]
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Afrikaans on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Afrikaans in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
/f/ f in "fir" has both an /a/ vowel and an /i/ vowel. The letter of prolongation in ī and ū has sukūn. The Afrikaans preposition by is written as part of the next word, likely by copying Arabic language usage with some prepositions. The Afrikaans word al = "all" is written as part of the next word, likely by copying Arabic language usage ...
Own work, based on the vowel chart in Wissing, Daan (2012). "Integrasie van artikulatoriese en akoestiese eienskappe van vokale: 'n beskrywingsraamwerk". LitNet Akademies 9 (2): 711. ISSN 1995-5928. Some symbols were changed to match the transcription used in w:en:Afrikaans phonology.
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The Africa Alphabet (also International African Alphabet or IAI alphabet) is a set of letters designed as the basis for Latin alphabets for the languages of Africa.It was initially developed in 1928 by the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures from a combination of the English alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Vowel raising is an uncommon form of vowel harmony where a non-open vowel (i.e. any vowel other than /ɑ/) is raised in position by a following vowel (in the same phonological word) at a higher position. The first variety — in which the open-mid vowels become close-mid — is commonly found in most Southern African Bantu languages (where the ...
STRUT is a highly variable vowel, which varies from a centralized (mostly in word-list style) to an open central . The PAP vowel /a/, a non-native open central vowel that appears mostly in loanwords from Afrikaans overlaps with the openest allophones of STRUT. For speakers that have as a norm for STRUT, PAP is not a distinct class.