Morphophonemephonemephone correspondence[1][2]
Morpho-
phoneme
Tautosyllabic
environment
Phoneme Phone Narrow
tran-
scription
Example Note
After Before
|i| /i/ [i] [i] mis
|iː| /iː/ [iː] [iː] mile
|e| /e/ [e̝] [e̝] list
|r| [ɛ̝] [ɛ̝] brist
|eː| /eː/ [e̝ː] [e̝ː] mele
|r| [ɛ̝ː] [ɛ̝ː~ɛ̝j] grene
|ɛ| /ɛ/ [e] [e] læst
|r| [æ] [æ] bær
|r| |, D| /ɛ/ or /ɑ/ [æ~ɑ] [a~ɑ̈] række [ɑ] in innovative varieties.[3]
/ɑ/ [ɑ] [ɑ̈] kræft
|ɛː| /ɛː/ [eː] [eː] mæle
|r| [eː~ɛː] [eː~ɛː] bære [ɛː] in innovative varieties.[4]
|r| [ɛ̝ː] [ɛ̝ː~ɛ̝j] kræse
|d| /aː/ or /ɑː/ [æː~ɑː] [æː~ɑ̈ː] græde [ɑː] in innovative varieties.[5]
|a| |r| |A| /a/ [æ] [æ] malle
/ɑ/ [ɑ] [ɑ̈] takke
|ar| |#| var Only in a handful of words.[6]
/ɑː/ [ɑː] [ɑ̈ː] arne
|aː| /aː/ [ɛː] [ɛː] male
|r| /ɑː/ [ɑː] [ɑ̈ː] trane
|aːr| har
|y| /y/ [y] [y] lyt
|yː| /yː/ [yː] [yː] kyle
|ø| /ø/ [ø] [ø] kys
|r| |v, j, ɡ| [œ̝~œ] [œ̝~œ] grynt [œ] in innovative varieties.
|v| /œ/ [ɶ] [ɶ̝] drøv [7]
|j, ɡ| /ʌ/ [ʌ] [ɒ̽] tøj
|øː| /øː/ [øː] [øː] køle
|r| [œ̝ː~œː] [œ̝ː~œː] røbe [œː] in innovative varieties.
|œ| /œ/ [œ̝] [œ̝] høns
|r| [œ] [œ] gør
|r| [ɶ] [ɶ̝] grøn
|œː| /œː/ [œ̝ː] [œ̝ː] høne Rare.[8]
|r| [œː] [œː] gøre
|u| /u/ [u] [u] guld
|r| /u/ [u~o] [u~o̝] brusk [o] in innovative varieties.[9]
|uː| /uː/ [uː] [uː] mule
|r| /uː/ or /oː/ [uː~oː] [uː~o̝ː] ruse [oː] in innovative varieties.[9]
|o| |, r| /o/ [o] [o̝] sort ('black')
[ɔ̝] [ɔ̽] ost ('cheese')
|oː| /oː/ [oː] [o̝ː] mole
|ɔ| /ʌ/ [ʌ] [ɒ̽] måtte
|ɔr| |#| /ɒ/ [ɒ] [ɒ̝] vor Only in a handful of words.[6]
/ɒː/ [ɒː] [ɒ̝ː] morse
|ɔːr| tårne
|ɔː| /ɔː/ [ɔ̝ː] [ɔ̽ː] måle
|ə| /ə/ [ə] [ə] hoppe
|ər| /ɐ/ [ɐ] [ɒ̽] fatter
|rə| ture After long vowels.[10]
|rər| turer
|jə| /jə/ [ɪ] [ɪ] veje See § Schwa-assimilation.
|ɡə| jage
|və| /və/ [ʊ] [ʊ] have
|əd| /əð/ [ð̩] [ð̩˕˗ˠ] måned
|də| /ðə/ bade
|əl| /əl/ [l̩] [l̩] gammel
|lə| /lə/ tale
|nə| /nə/ [n̩] [n̩] ne
|ən| /ən/ hesten
[m̩] [m̩] hoppen
[ŋ̍] [ŋ̍] pakken

Unused words:

  • sejle
  • savle
  • penne
  • tænde
  • kende
  • bælle
  • delle
  • bad
  • gælde
  • fat
  • vat
  • hav
  • sjat
  • hat
  • mat
  • nat
  • lang
  • ladt
  • rat

From Basbøll:

  • op
  • bage
  • tal
  • rat
  • åle
  • køre
  1. ^ Basbøll (2005), pp. 45–7, 52, 57–9, 71, 546–7.
  2. ^ Grønnum (2005), pp. 36–7, 59–61, 287–92, 420–1.
  3. ^ Basbøll (2005), p. 45.
  4. ^ Basbøll (2005), p. 149.
  5. ^ Grønnum (2005), p. 285.
  6. ^ a b Basbøll (2005), p. 154.
  7. ^ Brink et al. (1991), p. 87.
  8. ^ Brink et al. (1991), p. 108.
  9. ^ a b Basbøll (2005), p. 150.
  10. ^ Basbøll (2005), pp. 72, 81.