Veslovian/Phonology

Northern dialect

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		/m/ ⟨m⟩	/n/ ⟨n⟩	/ɲ/ ⟨ň⟩
Plosive	Voiceless	/p/ ⟨p⟩	/t/ ⟨t⟩	/c/ ⟨ť⟩	/k/ ⟨k⟩
	Voiced	/b/ ⟨b⟩	/d/ ⟨d⟩	/ɟ/ ⟨ď⟩	/ɡ/ ⟨g⟩
Affricate	Voiceless		/ts/ ⟨c⟩	/tʃ/ ⟨č⟩
	Voiced		/dz/ ⟨dz⟩	/dʒ/ ⟨dž⟩
Fricative	Voiceless	/f/ ⟨f⟩	/s/ ⟨s⟩	/ʃ/ ⟨š⟩	/x/ ⟨ch⟩
	Voiced	/v/ ⟨v⟩	/z/ ⟨z⟩	/ʒ/ ⟨ž⟩		/ɦ/ ⟨h⟩
Trill	Plain		/r/ ⟨r⟩
	Fricative		/r̝/ ⟨ř⟩
Approximant			/l/ ⟨l⟩	/j/

Vowels

	Back		Central		Front
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	/ɪ/	/iː/			/u/	/uː/
Mid	/ɛ/	/ɛː/			/ɔ/	/ɔː/
Open			/a/	/aː/

Stress

Words are stressed in the first syllable, except when a preposition precedes a noun or adjective, the preposition was stressed instead (Mrakovr → jí Mrakoverž "Marcover, in Marcover (cf. Maribor)").

Alterations

Lengthening

When followed by syllables historically containing yers (*-ь- or *-ъ-) that later deleted, the vowels except yers itself are lengthened, or become diphthongs instead.

Northern		Southern
Short grade	Long grade	Short grade	Long grade
a	á	a	á
e	é	e	é
	í		ẹ́
ě	í		é
i		i	í
o	ů	o	ọ́
u	ou	u	ú