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Convention
Independent of the underlying phonology, a purely IPA-related convention for how to transcribe the difference between fortis and lenis consonants has to be agreed upon. We chose the following system, which is also used by (sometimes) Dieth (1950), Willi (1995, 1996), and (for broad transcriptions) Fleischer, Schmid (2006)[1]:
Phonemes
IPA (broad) |
IPA (narrow) |
Examples |
Distribution |
Sometimes merged into...
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Consonants
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/m/
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zäme
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everywhere
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/mː/
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Hammer
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everywhere, especially young people[1]
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/m/
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/n/
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Haane
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everywhere
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/nː/
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Sunne
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everywhere, especially young people[1]
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/n/
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/ŋ/
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lang
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everywhere
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/ŋː/
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länger
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everywhere, especially young people[1]
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/ŋ/
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/b̥/
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Huube
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everywhere
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/p/
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huupe
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everywhere
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/pʰ/
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Phack
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at least in northern and eastern Switzerland
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/pː/
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öppe
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/p/
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/d̥/
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Lade
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everywhere
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/t/
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Tag
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everywhere
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/tʰ/
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Thee
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everywhere
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/tː/
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Latte
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/t/
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/ɡ̊/
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luege
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everywhere
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/k/
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Gfüül
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everywhere?
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/kʰ/
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gheie
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at least in Bern
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/k͡x/
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/kː/
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Rugge
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/k/
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/ʔ/
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naʔa
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everywhere
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/p͡f/
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Pfiil
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everywhere
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/t͡s/
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Ziit
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everywhere
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/t͡ʃ/
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tschau
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everywhere
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/k͡x/
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Gschänk
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in most High and Highest Alemannic dialects
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/kʰ/
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Gschänk
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?
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kai
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?
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/v̥/
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Ofe
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everywhere, except...
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Vuus
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...Issime[phonemes 1]
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/f/
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schnuufe
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everywhere
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/fː/
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träffe
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/f/
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/z̥/
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Hase
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everywhere?
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/s/
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Iis
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everywhere
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/sː/
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hasse
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/s/
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/ʃ/
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schloo
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everywhere
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/ʃː/
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Äsche
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/ʃ/
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/x/
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Milch
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some Low Alemannic dialects, some Liechtenstein dialects
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,
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chlopfe
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?
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,
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lache
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?
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Chrut
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?
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,
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choo
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in most High and Highest Alemannic dialects
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/xː/
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lache
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at least Simmental
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/x/
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lache
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at least in Bern and eastern Switzerland
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/h/
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haa
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everywhere
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/ʋ/
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Wält
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everywhere
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/l/
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moole
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everywhere
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Wält
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some dialects in Bern, Solothurn and central Switzerland
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/lː/
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Müller
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everywhere
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/l/
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alles
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some dialects in Bern, Solothurn and central Switzerland
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/r/
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Thurgau, St. Gallen city
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Suprasegmentals
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/ˈ/
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TODO
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everywhere
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/ˌ/
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- ^ Due to influence of the neighboring Romance languages.
Minimal pairs
Phoneme group |
Phoneme 1 |
Phoneme 2 |
Word 1 |
Word 2 |
Distribution
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voiceless bilabial plosive
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/b̥/
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/p/
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Huube
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huupe
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at least in northern and eastern Switzerland
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/b̥/
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/pʰ/
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Biss
|
piss
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at least in northern and eastern Switzerland
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/b̥/
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/pː/
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knaber
|
knapper
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at least in eastern Switzerland
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voiceless alveolar plosive
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/d̥/
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/t/
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dobe
|
tobe
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at least in northern and eastern Switzerland
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/d̥/
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/tʰ/
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D (letter name)
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Thee
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at least in northern and eastern Switzerland
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/d̥/
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/tː/
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Lade
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Latte
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at least in eastern Switzerland
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glottal stop
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/ʔ/
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∅
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haʔa
|
haa
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everywhere
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fricatives
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/x/
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/h/
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chalt
|
halt
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everywhere
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liquids
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/l/
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/r/
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Luus
|
Ruus
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everywhere
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References
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