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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.
The sequence /ans/ in words such as dans (meaning "dance") is realised as [ãːs]. In monosyllabic words, that is the norm. [18] The sequence /ɑːns/ in more common words (such as Afrikaans) is realized as either [ɑ̃ːs] or [ɑːns]. In less common words (such as Italiaans, meaning Italian), [ɑːns] is the usual pronunciation. [18]
Speakers tend to pronounce /x/ as [k] or otherwise have a hard time pronouncing it. This sort of difficulty is behind the gradual shift from ĥ to k (see Esperanto phonology#Loss of phonemic ĥ). [4] Speakers tend to pronounce the rhotic consonant as [ɹ], rather than an alveolar trill.
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At the end of words, Afrikaans often dropped the n in the Dutch cluster en (pronounced as a schwa, [ə]), mainly present in plural nouns and verb forms, to become e Compare Dutch leven (life) and mensen (people) to Afrikaans lewe and mense. Also in Dutch, final -n is often deleted after a schwa, but the occurrence and frequency of this ...
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