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=Phonology= | =Phonology= | ||
==Consonants== | |||
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;" | |||
!colspan=17 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Consonants | |||
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| ||colspan=2| Bilabial ||colspan=2| Labiod.||colspan=2| Inter-dental||colspan=2| Alveolar||colspan=2| Post-alv. ||colspan=2| Palatal ||colspan=2| Velar ||colspan=2| Glottal | |||
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Nasal || || m || || || || || || n || || || || ɲ || || ŋ | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || p || b || || || t̪ || d̪ || || || || || || || k || g || | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || || || f || v || || || s || || ʃ || (ʒ) || || || || || | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Affricate || || || || || || || || || ʧ || ʤ || || || | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Approximants & glides || || || || || || || || || || || || j | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Trill || || || || || || || || r || || | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Flap || || || || || || || || ɾ || || | |||
|- | |||
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Lateral Approximant || || || || || || || || l/ɫ | |||
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==Vowels== | ==Vowels== | ||
{| style="text-align: center; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1pt solid #c0c0c0;" | |||
== | !colspan=11 style="text-align:center; background: #efefef;"| Vowels | ||
|- | |||
| |||Front || Central || Back | |||
|- | |||
| || Unround || Unrounded || Rounded | |||
|- | |||
| High || i || || u | |||
|- | |||
| Mid || e || || o | |||
|- | |||
| Low || || a | |||
|} | |||
=Grammar= | =Grammar= | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 6 December 2008
Italian is a Romance language, spoken primarily in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City, and Malta. There is also a large amount of speakers of Italian in France, Croatia, Ethiopia and Slovenia.
History
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Labiod. | Inter-dental | Alveolar | Post-alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | ʃ | (ʒ) | |||||||||||
| Affricate | ʧ | ʤ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximants & glides | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l/ɫ | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||||
| Unround | Unrounded | Rounded | ||||||||
| High | i | u | ||||||||
| Mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Low | a | |||||||||
