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Luxembourgish phonology

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has no fewer than nine possible pronunciations, depending both on the origin of a word and the phonetic environment. Natively, it is pronounced initially and elsewhere, the latter being devoiced to at the end of a morpheme. Words from French, English and (in a few cases) German have introduced
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occur mainly before voiceless consonants (including phonetically voiceless consonants that are voiced in their underlying form). The last traces of the dative forms of nouns show a shortening from
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An der Zäit hunn sech den Nordwand an d'Sonn gestridden, wie vun hinnen zwee wuel méi staark wier, wéi e Wanderer, deen an ee waarme Mantel agepak war, iwwert de Wee koum.
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The opposition between close-mid and open-mid vowels does not exist in native Luxembourgish words. In non-native words, there is a marginal contrast between the close-mid
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precedes in the same syllable, or when another plosive or affricate follows. The fortis affricates are unaspirated and thus contrast with the lenis ones by voicing alone.
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occurs only in loanwords from Standard German. Just as among many native German-speakers, it tends to be simplified to word-initially. For example,
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In the unstressed intervocalic position when simultaneously following and preceding or , may lose its friction and become an approximant , as in
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is assumed to be phonetic, rather than phonemic. This variation is not encoded in transcriptions in this article, where the phonetic output of
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The nasal vowels appear only in loanwords from French, whereas the oral front rounded vowels appear in loans from both French and German.
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on the other is neutralized in favor of the former, unless a word-initial vowel follows in which case the obstruent is voiced and are
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indicates (devoiced ). By the now very common mergers of and , as well as and , this number may be reduced to seven, however.
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does not occur word-initially except in French and English loanwords. In the oldest loans from French it is often replaced with
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and uvular . The latter occur after back vowels, whereas the former occur in all other positions.
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are unaspirated lenis, more often voiceless than voiced . The lenis affricates are truly voiced.
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behaves more like a short vowel than a long one. When the following consonant is lenis or the
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despite their being unaspirated with variable voicing). The fricativization and devoicing to
2113:'lazy'. The diphthongs contrast mainly in monosyllabics. In penultimate syllables, the short 3451: 3383: 3373: 3313: 3303: 3298: 3283: 3268: 3263: 3177: 3167: 3035: 2929: 2822: 2804: 2794: 2621: 802:, that is, moved to the onset of the first syllable of the next word (the same happens with 762: 750: 614: 414: 354: 310: 272: 236: 197: 163: 113: 98: 1305: 3461: 3441: 3426: 3388: 3293: 3233: 3157: 3142: 3137: 3110: 2937: 2924: 2175: 1637: 1437: 867: 799: 757:, i.e. , or . Furthermore, some unusual consonant clusters may arise post-lexically after 645: 598: 522: 125: 19:
For assistance with IPA transcriptions of Luxembourgish for Knowledge (XXG) articles, see
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occurs before a pause, it is unclear whether the more common consonantal realization of
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is transcribed ). The long counterpart of this sound is transcribed with ⟨
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occur mainly before voiced consonants and in hiatus, whereas the long
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is most usually realized as a mid central vowel with slight rounding (
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may be phonetically short in fast speech or in unstressed syllables.
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only on a phonemic level, as the latter is fronted and unrounded to
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contrasts arose from a former lexical tone contrast: the shorter
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The centering diphthongs end in the mid central unrounded area
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German dialects: phonology and morphology, with selected texts
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after long vowels. In loanwords from Standard German (such as
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In the word-final position the contrast between the voiceless
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allophone appears only in a few words intervocalically, e.g.
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The consonant inventory of Luxembourgish is quite similar to
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Additional phonetic diphthongs arise after vocalisation of
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is the realization of a non-prevocalic, unstressed sequence
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were used in words with Accent 1, whereas the lengthened
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after short vowels is not vocalized but fricativized to
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Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) ,
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The sample text is a reading of the first sentence of
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are similar to the corresponding short monophthongs .
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are higher than close-mid and may be even as high as
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is pronounced ('an interesting idea'), with a voiced
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Sounds and pronunciation of the Luxembourgish language
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stem-internally after consonants and non-back vowels
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as a phoneme occurs only in loanwords from English.
38:. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see 3414: 3221: 3015: 2787: 2324: 2266: 2157: 2148: 2139: 2130: 2105: 2096: 2087: 2078: 1930: 1337:Part 2 of native diphthongs of Luxembourgish, from 1282: 1252: 1222: 1193: 1163: 1123: 1090: 1042: 1007: 971: 948: 878: 833: 819: 777: 771: 765: 719: 713: 707: 632: 544: 493: 469: 1815:matches the prototypical IPA value of the ⟨ 1279:word-finally after consonants and non-back vowels 1076:stem-initially and internally before orthographic 992:stem-initially and internally before orthographic 559:Phonetic and occur due to voicing of word-final 543:as a phoneme appears only in a few words, such as 2614:Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2591:(in German) (7th ed.), Berlin: Dudenverlag, 2271:'black', alternatively pronounced . Thus, before 1755:). Before velars, it is fronted and unrounded to 1720:are close to the corresponding cardinal vowels . 52:IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters 2025:appears only in loanwords from Standard German. 1873:. Sometimes, it may be as front and as high as 806:, which becomes , and the non-native affricate 2568: 2553: 2541: 2517: 2498: 2474: 2462: 2437: 2425: 2413: 2392: 2377: 2352: 1338: 1326: 1310: 770:(for feminine, neuter and plural forms), e.g. 745:: it is deleted unless followed by a vowel, a 2706: 521:If followed by a vowel, the fortis stops are 8: 2185: 2173: 2147:'house' with the corresponding dative forms 1942: 1936: 1919: 1772: 1549:əɪ əʊ æːɪ æːʊ ɑɪ ɑʊ 523:moved to the onset of the following syllable 2640:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1309:Native monophthongs of Luxembourgish, from 2713: 2699: 2691: 2487:Dudenredaktion, Kleiner & Knöbl (2015) 568: 526: 2672:Bulletin of Aichi University of Education 2625: 1972:may be more of a centralized front vowel 2605:Gilles, Peter; Trouvain, Jürgen (2013), 2257:also occurs whenever the non-prevocalic 1581: 1348: 893: 89: 2336: 2045:were used in words with Accent 2 (see 862:(devoiced ) in other environments, and 2529: 1763:, though this is sometimes as open as 2219:is consistently written with ⟨ 1354: 741:undergoes both internal and external 7: 1885:), though without losing its length. 91:Consonant phonemes of Luxembourgish 71:, which is regarded as the emerging 42:. For the distinction between , 1160:stem-internally after back vowels 59:This article aims to describe the 14: 2195:) and also occur. The sequence 1644: 1628: 1621: 1527: 1518: 1511: 1493: 1486: 1470: 1463: 1456: 1449: 1442: 1428: 1421: 1412: 1405: 454:is bilabial-labiodental, whereas 430: 421: 403: 381: 374: 367: 360: 344: 337: 330: 323: 316: 290: 281: 258: 251: 243: 219: 210: 203: 185: 176: 169: 146: 137: 130: 510:in most positions, but not when 506:are voiceless fortis . They are 2129:; compare the nominative forms 1918:before velars (cf. the surname 1190:word-finally after back vowels 794:on the one hand and the voiced 34:International Phonetic Alphabet 2265:and a fortis consonant, as in 1865:), is phonetically near-front 691:have two types of allophones: 583:only contrast between vowels. 1: 2634:Keller, Rudolf Ernst (1961), 1935:'public' (loaned from German 1777:is pronounced , rather than . 857:In Luxembourgish, the letter 2569:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2554:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2542:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2518:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2499:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2475:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2463:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2438:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2426:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2414:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2393:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2378:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 2353:Gilles & Trouvain (2013) 1680: 1668: 1651: 1635: 1614: 1536: 895:Summary of pronunciation of 850:Pronunciation of the letter 2943:Orsmaal-Gussenhoven dialect 2287:is a fricative or a trill. 1968:, but the first element of 1339:Gilles & Trouvain (2013 1327:Gilles & Trouvain (2013 1311:Gilles & Trouvain (2013 3521: 2297:The North Wind and the Sun 1723:Some speakers may realize 1580: 810:, which is also voiced to 683:, as in German and Danish. 640:The normal realization of 623:is frequently realized as 18: 2732: 2627:10.1017/S0025100312000278 2325: 1960:are typically schwa-like 1703: 1691: 1681: 1674: 1596: 1589: 1587: 1571: 1559: 1547: 1537: 1505: 1478: 1436: 1399: 1366: 1361: 1356: 1283: 1253: 1223: 1194: 1164: 1154: 1140: 1124: 1117:word-finally before mute 1091: 1072: 1058: 1043: 1008: 972: 949: 930: 925: 413: 391: 303: 229: 156: 124: 95: 2663:Tamura, Kenichi (2011), 2588:Das Aussprachewörterbuch 1798:is realized as open-mid 2975:Regional North American 2678:: 11–21, archived from 1983:The starting points of 1956:The starting points of 1325:of Luxembourgish, from 85:that of Standard German 30:phonetic transcriptions 3498:Luxembourgish language 3399:Dialects and varieties 2970:Received Pronunciation 2815:American Sign Language 2313:Phonetic transcription 2303:Phonemic transcription 2267: 2199:is monophthongized to 2186: 2174: 2158: 2149: 2140: 2131: 2106: 2097: 2088: 2079: 2053:are differentiated as 2002:The first elements of 1943: 1937: 1931: 1920: 1773: 1342: 1330: 1314: 879: 834: 820: 778: 772: 766: 720: 714: 708: 633: 552:('to go for a walk'). 545: 494: 470: 27:This article contains 21:Help:IPA/Luxembourgish 2501:, pp. 68, 70–71. 2069:can stand for either 2047:Pitch-accent language 1902:The short non-native 1336: 1320: 1308: 786:Word-final obstruents 488:when it occurs after 3503:Germanic phonologies 2320:Orthographic version 2261:is retained between 1735:, especially before 1676:õː ɛ̃ː ɑ̃ː 912:Phonetic environment 835:eng interessant Iddi 525:and voiced to ; see 3324:Proto-Indo-European 2980:White South African 2532:, pp. 260–261. 1584: 1351: 899: 776:('the country') or 718:(inflected form of 92: 2544:, pp. 68, 71. 2440:, pp. 68, 72. 2067:⟨au⟩ 2063:⟨äi⟩ 2059:⟨ai⟩ 2055:⟨ei⟩ 1583:Non-native vowels 1582: 1349: 1343: 1331: 1315: 1265:cheap (inflected) 965:some German words 894: 864:French orthography 796:/b,d,dʒ,ɡ,v,z,ʒ,ʁ/ 792:/p,t,tʃ,k,f,s,ʃ,χ/ 90: 3485: 3484: 2985:Standard Canadian 2726:world's languages 2598:978-3-411-04067-4 2556:, pp. 72–73. 2477:, pp. 70–71. 2428:, pp. 68–69. 1906:is distinct from 1895:and the open-mid 1819:⟩ symbol ( 1714: 1713: 1710: 1709: 1578: 1577: 1321:Part 1 of native 1298: 1297: 940:native and German 897:⟨g⟩ 818:). For instance, 655:than a fricative 440: 439: 3510: 3337:Kerkrade dialect 2960:General American 2715: 2708: 2701: 2692: 2686: 2684: 2669: 2650: 2630: 2629: 2611: 2601: 2572: 2566: 2557: 2551: 2545: 2539: 2533: 2527: 2521: 2515: 2502: 2496: 2490: 2484: 2478: 2472: 2466: 2460: 2441: 2435: 2429: 2423: 2417: 2411: 2396: 2390: 2381: 2375: 2356: 2350: 2328: 2327: 2309: 2286: 2282: 2278: 2274: 2270: 2264: 2260: 2256: 2244: 2236: 2228: 2222: 2218: 2214: 2206: 2198: 2194: 2183: 2171: 2164: 2161: 2155: 2152: 2146: 2143: 2137: 2134: 2128: 2124: 2120: 2116: 2112: 2109: 2103: 2100: 2094: 2091: 2085: 2082: 2076: 2072: 2068: 2064: 2060: 2056: 2052: 2044: 2040: 2036: 2032: 2024: 2018: 2005: 1998: 1994: 1990: 1986: 1979: 1971: 1967: 1959: 1950: 1946: 1940: 1934: 1928: 1925: 1917: 1909: 1905: 1898: 1894: 1884: 1876: 1872: 1864: 1860: 1854: 1846: 1840: 1836: 1826: 1818: 1814: 1805: 1797: 1793: 1786: 1782: 1776: 1770: 1762: 1754: 1746: 1738: 1734: 1726: 1719: 1706: 1701: 1694: 1689: 1677: 1665: 1660: 1648: 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3473: 3470: 3468: 3465: 3463: 3460: 3458: 3455: 3453: 3450: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3438: 3435: 3433: 3430: 3428: 3425: 3423: 3420: 3419: 3417: 3413: 3407: 3404: 3400: 3397: 3396: 3395: 3392: 3390: 3387: 3385: 3382: 3380: 3377: 3375: 3372: 3370: 3367: 3365: 3362: 3360: 3357: 3355: 3352: 3350: 3347: 3345: 3342: 3338: 3335: 3333: 3330: 3329: 3327: 3325: 3322: 3320: 3317: 3315: 3312: 3310: 3307: 3305: 3302: 3300: 3297: 3295: 3292: 3290: 3287: 3285: 3282: 3280: 3277: 3275: 3272: 3270: 3267: 3265: 3262: 3260: 3257: 3255: 3252: 3250: 3247: 3245: 3242: 3240: 3237: 3235: 3232: 3230: 3227: 3226: 3224: 3220: 3214: 3213:Luxembourgish 3211: 3209: 3206: 3202: 3201:Maastrichtian 3199: 3198: 3196: 3194: 3191: 3189: 3186: 3184: 3181: 3179: 3176: 3174: 3171: 3169: 3166: 3164: 3161: 3159: 3156: 3154: 3151: 3149: 3146: 3144: 3141: 3139: 3136: 3134: 3131: 3129: 3126: 3124: 3121: 3119: 3116: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3104: 3103: 3101: 3099: 3096: 3094: 3091: 3089: 3086: 3082: 3079: 3077: 3074: 3072: 3069: 3068: 3066: 3062: 3059: 3057: 3054: 3053: 3051: 3049: 3046: 3042: 3039: 3037: 3034: 3033: 3031: 3029: 3026: 3024: 3021: 3020: 3018: 3014: 3008: 3005: 3003: 3000: 2996: 2993: 2991: 2988: 2986: 2983: 2981: 2978: 2976: 2973: 2971: 2968: 2966: 2963: 2961: 2958: 2956: 2953: 2952: 2951: 2948: 2944: 2941: 2939: 2936: 2935: 2933: 2931: 2928: 2926: 2923: 2921: 2918: 2916: 2913: 2909: 2906: 2904: 2901: 2899: 2896: 2894: 2891: 2889: 2886: 2884: 2881: 2880: 2878: 2876: 2873: 2871: 2868: 2866: 2863: 2861: 2858: 2856: 2853: 2851: 2848: 2844: 2841: 2839: 2836: 2834: 2831: 2829: 2826: 2824: 2821: 2820: 2818: 2816: 2813: 2811: 2808: 2806: 2803: 2801: 2798: 2796: 2793: 2792: 2790: 2786: 2778: 2775: 2773: 2770: 2768: 2765: 2763: 2760: 2758: 2755: 2753: 2750: 2749: 2748: 2745: 2743: 2742:Orthographies 2740: 2738: 2735: 2734: 2731: 2727: 2723: 2716: 2711: 2709: 2704: 2702: 2697: 2696: 2693: 2685:on 2016-03-04 2681: 2677: 2673: 2666: 2661: 2660: 2655: 2649: 2647:0-7190-0762-3 2643: 2639: 2638: 2632: 2628: 2623: 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International Phonetic Alphabet
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IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters
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