Norwegian
Consonants
There are six plosives:
Symbol Word Transcription
p hopp hOp
b labb lAb
t lat lA:t
d ladd lAd
k takk tAk
g tagg tAg
There are six fricatives:
f fin fi:n
v vin vi:n
s lass lAs
S skyt Sy:t
C kino Ci:nu (not syllable-
final)
j gi ji:
h ha hA:
There are five sonorant consonants (nasals, liquids, trills)
m lam lAm
n vann vAn
N sang sAN
l fall fAl
r prøv pr2:v
Vowels
There are 9 long vowels:
i: vin vi:n
e: sen se:n
{: vær v{:r
A: hat hA:t
y: lyn ly:n
2: søt s2:t
O: våt vO:t
u: bok bu:k
}: lun l}:n
and nine short vowels:
i vind vin
e send sen
{ vært v{rt
A hatt hAt
y lynne lyne
2 søtt s2t
O vått vOt
u bukk buk
} lund l}n
There are seven diphthongs:
{i vei v{i
2y høy h2y
A} sau sA}
Ai kai kAi
Oy konvoy kunvOy
}i hui h}i
ui hoi hui
In addition there are important allophonic variants for which the transcription
has been agreed:
rt hardt hArt (retroflex t)
rd verdi v{rdi: (retroflex d)
rl ærlig {:rli (retroflex l)
rn garn gA:rn (retroflex n)
rL blå brLO: (retroflex flap)
In cases where the dental consonants do not change into retroflexes, they are
transcribed using the separator sign (ASCII 45), e.g.
r-d verdig v{r-di
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