CONSONANTS
The plosives are p b t d k g:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| p | pande | "pan@ | |
| b | bande | "ban@ | |
| t | tand | tan? | |
| d | dan | dan? | |
| k | kalde | "kal@ | |
| g | galde | "gal@ |
The fricatives are f s:
| f | finde | "fen@ | |
| s | stand | sdan? |
The approximants are v D j h:
| v | vinde | "ven@ | |
| D | bide | "bi:D@ | |
| j | Jul | ju:?l | |
| h | hest | hEsd |
The nasals are m n N:
| m | mile | "mi:l@ | |
| n | ny | ny? | |
| N | lunge | "loN@ |
The liquids are l R:
| l | land | lan? | |
| R | ride | "Ri:D@ |
Stød is symbolised by ? and may be found in syllables containing
a long stressed vowel, or a short stressed vowel, or a short stressed
vowel followed by a voiced consonant, e.g. p{u: - pE:?u,
peu: - pEu?
PURE VOWELS
The vowel system chosen for broad phonetic transcription is i e E
a A y 2 9 u o O @, with all vowels except @ occurring with a length
distinction: (i: e: E: {: A: y: 2: 9: u: o: O:).
The unrounded front vowels are exemplified in the following:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| i: | mile | "mi:l@ | |
| i | ville | "vil@ | |
| e: | mele | "me:l@ | |
| e | visse | "ves@ | |
| E: | mæle | "mE:l@ | |
| E | tække | "tEk@ | |
| {: | male | "m{:l@ | |
| a | malle | "mal@ |
The central vowels are:
SYMBOL WORD TRANSCRIPTION
A: parken "pA:g=n
A pakken pAg=n
@ unstressed final e
The rounded front vowels are:
| y: | hyle | "hy:l@ | |
| y | hylde | "hyl@ | |
| 2: | køle | "k2:l@ | |
| 2 | kølle | "k2l@ | |
| 9: | høne | "h9:n@ | |
| 9 | hønse | "h9ns@ |
The back vowels are:
| u: | kule | "ku:l@ | |
| u | kulde | "kul@ | |
| o: | fole | "fo:l@ | |
| o | foto | "fodo | |
| O: | måne | "mO:n@ | |
| O | munde | "mOn@ | |
| Q: | kåre | "kQ:@ | |
| Q | kors | kQs |
DIPHTHONGS.
The falling diphthongs may be most economically analysed phonemically
as vowel plus j, v, or r, but for broad phonetic representation
within SAMPA they are analysed as vowel plus i, u or Q, for example:
| SYMBOL | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | |
| Ai | sejle | "sAil@ | |
| Qi | søjle | "sQil@ | |
| ui | huje | "hui@ | extremely rare |
| i:i | pige | "pi:i@ | |
| e:i | ege | "e:i@ | conservative pronunciation |
| E:i | læge | "lE:i@ | |
| iu | ivrig | "iuRi | |
| eu | peber | "peu@R | |
| Eu | evne | "Eun@ | |
| i:u | hive | "hi:u | |
| e:u | leve | "le:u | |
| E:u | hæve | "hE:u | |
| au | havn | hau?n | |
| yu | syv | syu | |
| 2u | døvstum | "d2usdom | |
| 9u | støvle | "sd9ul@ | |
| iQ | kirke | "kiQk@ | |
| EQ | bær | bEQ | |
| 9Q | smør | sm9Q |