Afrikaans:Sounds and Writing
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Letters
| Letter | Pronunciation | Comments |
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| A a | /ʌ/ | |
| B b | /b/ | |
| C c | /k/, /s/ | /s/ before e, i and y. |
| D d | /d/ | |
| E e | /ɛ/, /ə/ | |
| F f | /f/ | |
| G g | /x/, /g/ | /g/ mostly used in loanwords. |
| H h | /h/ | |
| I i | /ə/, /i/ | |
| J j | /j/ | |
| K k | /k/ | |
| L l | /l/ | |
| M m | /m/ | |
| N n | /n/, /ə/ | /ŋ/ before c and k. /ə/ in the indefinite article (ʼn). However /n/ if before a vowel. |
| O o | /ɔ/ | |
| P p | /p/ | |
| R r | /r/ | |
| S s | /s/ | |
| T t | /t/ | |
| U u | /ɵ/ | |
| V v | /f/ | |
| W w | /v/, /w/ | /w/ after consonant. |
| Y y | /əi/ | |
| Z z | /z/ |
Extended table
Afrikaans is a language with a lot of diphtongs. The most common ones are listed below. The list also features some consonant clusters and vowels with diacritics.
| Letter combination | Pronunciation | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| aa | /ɑː/ | |
| aai | /aːɪ/ | |
| au | /oʊ/ | |
| ch | /x/ | |
| ê | /ɛ/, /æ/ | /æ/ in final position only. |
| ee | /ie/ | |
| ei | /əi/ | |
| eu | /øː/ | |
| ie | /iː/ | |
| ng | /ŋ/ | |
| ns | - | Silent /n/ and the vowel before becomes nasalised. |
| ô | /ɔ/ | |
| oe | /u/ | |
| oo | /uo/ | |
| ou | /aʊ/ | Needs checking. |
| sj | /ʃ/ | |
| tj | /tʃ/, /kj/ | /tʃ/ in initial position only. |
| uu | /yː/ | |
| ui | /œy/ |
Other characters
In Afrikaans, the indefinite article is an apostrophe followed by a lower case n. This is mostly written as aforementioned, however, there is a Unicode ligature combining the two into one character: ʼn. This character is not represented on the South African keyboards and the article is most of the time written as ’n. The Alt code for the character is 0329.
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