Dutch and Afrikaans

Consonants

IPA

Examples

English
approx.

Dutch

Flanders

Afrikaans

b

beet

beet

d

dak

den

f

f

fiets

fast

v

ver,hawe

oven

x

ç

χ

acht

loch ~ hue

ɣ

ʝ

gaan

rasgo ~ ayuda

ɦ

had

behind

j

jas

yard

k

kat

cat

l

land

land

m

mens

man

n

nek

neck

ŋ

eng

long

p

pen

pen

r

ras

a rolled R

s

s

sok

sock

z

zeep

jazz

t

tak

tall

ʋ

w

v

wang

wing, velvet (Af)

Marginal consonants

ʔ

beëindig

[bəˈʔɛindəx]

the catch in
uh-oh!

ɡ

goal

goal

ʃ

sjabloon, chef

shall

ʒ

jury

vision

check, Tsjechië,
tjek (Af.)

chat

Djakarta

jump

Stress

ˈ

vóórkomen

voorkómen

as in battleship

/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/

ˌ



Vowels

IPA

Examples

English
approximation

Dutch

Flanders

Afrikaans

Checked vowels

ɑ

ɐ

bad

father (but shorter),
duck (Af.)

ɛ

bed

bed

ɪ

ə

vis

fish, asleep (Af.)

ɔ

o

bot

bought (but shorter)

ʏ

œ

hut

between fit and foot,
with rounded lips

Free vowels

ɑː

aap

grandma

æː

perd (Af.)

ban (but longer)

beet, ezel

between bate and bet,
fear (Af.)

ɛː

werk (Af.)

i

diep

deep

boot

boat, moor (Af.)

ɔː

môre (Af.)

God (but longer)

y

fuut

between feed and food,
with rounded lips

øʏ

øː

neus

between bout and boat,
with rounded lips;
neurotic (Af.)

u

hoed

boot, book (Af.)

ɛi

bijt, ei, byt (Af.)

May

œy

œj

buit

bout with rounded lips;
bait with rounded lips (Af.)

ʌu

ɔu

ɵu

jou, dauw

cow, coat (Af.)

ə

hemel

comma

Marginal vowels

ɐ

Wikipedia

ɔː

ʊə

voor

bought

ɪː

ɪə

heer

serious

ʏː

deur

ɛː

scène,nê (Af.)

bet (but longer)

œː

øə

freule

analyse

beat

centrifuge

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