| Grapheme | Phoneme | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| en.Wikt | Others | ||
| a | /a ~ ɑ/ | Backes | |
| ä | ϵ | /ɛ/ | Bäggekriut |
| e | /e/, /ə/ | Berre | |
| ë | /ə/ | ||
| i | /ɪ/ | finden (/fɪndən/, “to find”) | |
| o | ꜵ | /ɔ/ | Kopp (/kɔp/, “head”) (Mrk., LPr., Wph.) |
| ö | /œ ~ ø/ | köpps | |
| u | /ʊ ~ ʉ/ | lummem | |
| ü | /ʏ ~ y/ | Sünne (/sʏnə/, “sun”) (LPr., Wph. (Bnth., Wstm.)) cf. Sunne (/sʊnə/) (Mrk., Wph.) | |
| Grapheme | Phoneme | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| en.Wikt | Others | ||
| aa | ā | /aː ~ ɒː/ | Daaler |
| ää | ǟ, ę | /ɛː/ | Gäte (/gɛːtə/) |
| ee | ē | /eː/ | Fleeg (/fleːɣ/, “fly”) (LPru., Mark.) cf. Flege (/fleːɣə/) (Wph.), Flaoige (/flɔːɪɣə/) (Wph. (EWph.)), Flaige (/flaɪɣə/), Floige (/flɔɪɣə/), Flauege (/flaʊəɣə/), Flieje (/fliejə/) (Wph. (Sauer.)), flaẹ̆ge (/fl??ɣə/) (Wph. (Dort.)) |
| ie | ī | /iː/ | Wien (/viːn/, “wine”) |
| oa | å | /ɔː/ | Fraoge (/frɔːɣə/, “question”) (LPrs., Mark., Wph.) cf. Froge (/froːɣə/) (Wph. (EWPh., Sauer.)), Frauge (/fraʊɣə/) (Wph. (EWPh.)) |
| oo | ō | /oː/ | Boom (/broːm/, “tree”) |
| öö | ȫ | /øː ~ œː/ | Döör (/døːr/, “door”) |
| uu | ū | /uː/ | Huus (/huːs/, “house”) (Mrk., LPrs., Wph.) cf. Hius (/hɪʊs/) (Wph. (Sauer., EWPh.)), Höis (/hœɪs/), Höus (/hœʊs/), Hiës (/hiəs/), Höüs (/hœʏs/), Hous (/hɔʊs/) (Wph. (Sauer.)), Huss (/hʊs/) (Hagenburgerisch) |
| üü | ǖ | /yː/ | Müüs (/myːs/, “mouse”) |
| Grapheme | Phoneme | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| en.Wikt | Others | ||
| ai | aⁱ | /ai̭/ | raine |
| aai | aaj | /aːɪ/ | swaait |
| au | /au̯/ | Blaut | |
| äi | /ɛːɪ/ | Gäite (/gɛːɪtə/, “goat”), Wäite (/vɛːɪdə/, “pasture”) | |
| äo | /ɛɔ/ | Bräod (/brɛɔt/, “bread”) (Wph. (Sauer.)) cf. Brood (/broːt/) (Mark., Mckl., Wph. (WMun.)), Brod (/brɔt/) (LPru.), Braọ̆d (/braʊt/) (Wph. (Dort.)), Braud (/braʊt/) (Wph. (Lipp., Sauer.)), Breiet (/breiet/), Broid (/brɔit/), Broud (/broʊt/), Broed (/broːet/) (Wph. (Sauer.)) | |
| äu | /ɛu/ | ||
| ei | ey | /ei̯/ | Beile |
| oi | eu | /ɔi̯/ | Boime |
| ou | /oʊ/ | Wounde (/voʊndə/, “wound”) (Wph. (Bnth.)) cf. Wunne (/vʊnə/) (Wph.), Wunde (/vʊndə/) (Mckl., Wph. (Sauer.)), Wunge (/vʊnɣə/) (Wph. (Sauer.)) | |
| öi | /œi̯ ~ øi̯/ | stöind | |
| öu | /œʊ/ | ||
| öü | /œʏ ~ øʏ/ | ||
| iu | /iu/ | ||
| ui | /ui/ | Fuistling | |
| iä | iǽ | /i̯ɛ ~ i̯æ/ | Piärd (/pɪɛɐt/, “horse”) (Mckl., Wph. (Bnth., EWPh., Sauer.)) cf. Peerd (/peːɐt/) (LPrs., Mckl., Wph.), Pärd (/pɛɐt/) (Mrk., Wph. (EWPh.)), Päärd (/pɛːɐt/), (Wph. (WMun.)) |
| je | ⁱę, ię, ĭɛ | /i̯e/ | |
| ië | īe, ⁱe, ie | /iə/ | Siëge (/siəɣə/, “goat”) (Mckl., Wph. (Bnth., EWPh., Sauer.)) cf. Zäge (/zɛːɣə/) (LPrs., Mckl., Wph.), Zege (/zeːɣə/) (Wph. (EWPh., WMun.)), Siëje (/siːəjə/) (Wph. (Lipp.)), Seje (/seːjə/), (Wph. (Sauer.)), Sege (/seːɣə/) (Wph. (Bnth.)) |
| ua | ᵘą, uą, ŭɒ | /u̯a/ | Buast (/bu̯ast/, “chest”) |
| ue | /u̯e/ | bueseln | |
| uo | uó̜ | /u̯o/ | duorp (/du̯orp/, “village”) |
| üe | y̯e | /ʏ̯e ~ y̯e/ | Büen |
| üö | üö̜, üö̜, yǿ̜ | /ʏ̯œ ~ y̯œ ~ ʏ̯ø ~ y̯ø/ | düör |