Ukrainian phonology

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This article deals with the phonology of the Ukrainian language.


[edit] Vowels

Front N-front Back
Close i ɪ u
Mid ɛ ɔ
Open ɑ

Here <ɔ> is used to represent a mid back rounded vowel ([o̞]) to distinguish it from the closer unaccented allophone [o].

[edit] Consonants

Place of articulation → Labial Coronal Dorsal (none)
Manner of articulation ↓ Bi­la­bial La­bio‐
den­tal		 Dental/
Alveolar		 Palatalized
Alveolar		 Post‐
al­veo­lar		 Pa­la­tal Ve­lar Glot­tal
Plosive p b t d tʲ dʲ k ɡ  
Nasal     m       n     nʲ    
Trill      r    rʲ    
Fricative   f s z sʲ zʲ ʃ ʒ     x     ɦ
Approximant        ʋ       j
Affricate ʦ ʣ ʦʲ ʣʲ ʧ ʤ        
Lateral Approx­imant    l

Ukrainian, like Russian, has a non-syllabic [i̯] as an allophone of /j/.

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