Brezhoneg phonology
Breton Phonology

Breton IPA Phonology Chart

These tables contain the complete set of IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems used by Breton.

CONSONANTS

a The Breton orthographic symbol used for this sound
101 IPA number for this sound symbol; + for additional symbol to base symbol(s)
Breton does not have this phoneme.
Articulation has no IPA symbol.
Articulation is not possible.

This is a consonantal phoneme chart for Breton, not a phonetic presentation. Note that there may be allophones associated with any phoneme, but these are not indicated.

PLACE ⇒ LABIAL CORONAL DORSAL LARYNGEAL
BILABIAL LABIO-
DENTAL		 DENTAL ALVEOLAR POST-
ALVEOLAR		 PALATAL VELAR UVULAR GLOTTAL
MANNER ⇓ VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL lab. VD lab. VL VD VL VD
STOP p b t d k kʷ ɡ ɡʷ  
p b t d k kw,kou g gw,gou
FRICATIVE f v (ð) s z ʃ ʒ x ɣ ʁ h
f v z,d s z,zh ch j c'h c'h r h,zh
NASAL m n ɲ  
m n gn
APPROX-
IMANT		 (ɹ) j  
r y
LATERAL l ʎ  
l lh
TRILL (r) ʀ  
r r
PLACE VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL VD VL LAB. VD LAB. VL VD VL VD
BILABIAL LABIO-
DENTAL		 DENTAL ALVEOLAR POST-
ALVEOLAR		 PALATAL VELAR UVULAR GLOTTAL
LABIAL CORONAL DORSAL LARYNGEAL

VOWELS

In this chart, vowel pairs separated by • represent unrounded•rounded articulations.

  FRONT CENTRAL BACK
CLOSE i•y       u
CLOSE-MID   e•ø         o
OPEN-MID   ɛ•œ         ɔ
OPEN   a     ɑ
{Breton alphabet in Breton}
Breton alphabet

This table lists the Breton alphabet in canonical order.

a à â b ch c'h d e é ê
f g h i j k l m n ñ
o ô p r s t u ù û ü
v w y z