Albanian Phonology
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IPA Table
This is the IPA table with the sounds in Albanian orthography.
| ---- | bilabial|labiodental | dental|alveolar|postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
| plosives | p b|-- | t d|--|-- | q gj | k g | ---- |
| nasals | m|-- | n|--|-- | nj | ---- | ---- |
| fricatives | --|f v | th dh|s z|sh zh | ---- | ---- | h |
| approximants | --|-- | l ([l]) r (trill) | j | ---- | ---- |
If anyone doesn't like my tables, feel free to edit them...
Affricates
- c /ts/
- ç /tS/
- xh /dZ/
- x /dz/
Rounded vowels are in parenthesis.
| ---- | front | central | back |
| close | i (y) | ---- | (u) |
| mid open | e | ë [schwa] | (o) |
| open | a |
