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Revision as of 09:34, 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 | z | ʃ | (ʒ) | ||||||||||
| Affricate | ts | dz | ʧ | ʤ | ||||||||||||
| Approximants & glides | j | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l/ɫ | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Vowels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||||
| Unround | Unrounded | Rounded | ||||||||
| High | i | u | ||||||||
| Open-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Close-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||||
| Low | a | |||||||||
