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Standard Catalan phonemes, in bold, are followed by their most common phonetic values and their respective occurrence amongst the Insular Catalan dialects.

Except for complex clusters, examples in the charts are spelled in Standard Catalan.

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IPA Consonants Phoneme B A Examples English approximation Ib. Ma. Mi. /b/ b bell, abans best /d/ [d, ð] d drac door ð ɾ freda other / US atom /dz/ dz realitza, setze, examen (Ma. and Mi.) adze /dʒ/ dʒ mitjà, viatge jeep /f/ f força, prov face /ɡ/ [ɡ, ɣ] ɡ ɡ ɡ guant got ɟ gas got (rest of B & A) / RP due (Ma.) ɣ ʝ ɣ lloguer between got and hot (rest of B & A) / d'you (Ma.) ɣ iogurt between got and hot /k/ k k k cor, Llach scan c cas scan (rest of B & A) / stew (Ma.) /l/ l l laca, mal pile ɾ mala pile (B) / US atom (A) w l albercoc cow (B) / pile (A) /ʎ/ ʎ ʎ llac, cella billion l ball billion (B) / pile (A) jl balls oily (B) / pile (A) /m/ m meu, comte mode ɱ limfa lymph /n/ n neu note /ŋ/ ŋ sang ring /ɲ/ ɲ ɲ nyeu onion n any onion / note jn anys point (B) / note (A) /p/ p por, dubte span /r/ r ruc, honra Scots rook corr (corro C / córrec V) /ɾ/ ɾ truc, hora, per US atom /s/ s set, està, feliç sick /ʃ/ ʃ xec ship guix /jʃ/ caixa /t/ t terra, fred, Thai stand /ts/ ts potser, acció, capsa, fix (Ma. and Mi.) cats /tʃ/ tʃ txec, mig cheap j vaig veure boy /v/ v vell, avanç vest /z/ z zel, esma zebra /(d)ʒ/ ʒ dʒ ja (rest of B & A), joc, gespa genre (B) / jeep (A) dʒ vaig entrar jeep IPA Syllabic consonants /l/ l̩ arregl (arreglo C / arregle V) wrinkle /ɾ/ ɾ̩ compr (compro C / compre V) US camper IPA Marginal consonants /h/ h ehem hot /θ/ θ theta, López thing /x/ x kharja, Bach Scots loch   IPA Semivowels Phoneme B A Examples English approximation Ib. Ma. Mi. /j/ j iode, ja (Ib.) young /w/ w quatre, prov (Old Ma.) quick   IPA Vowels Phoneme B A Examples English approximation Ib. Ma. Mi. /a/ a a a anar, mà father æ casa, sac bat ə a casa, anar alpha (B) / father (A) /ɛ/ ɛ set pet /ə/ (*) ə e sec alpha (B) / face (A) /e/ a entens alpha (B) / father (A) i naixement alpha (B) / meet (A) e séc face /i/ i i sic meet a inserir meet (B) / father (A) /ɔ/ ɔ soc off /o/ o o o sóc, molt story u u a hospital rule (rest of B).story (Ma.) / father (A) u oratge rule (rest of B & A) / story (Ma.) /u/ u suc, dues rule IPA Marginal vowels (/œ/) œ amateur bird (RP) (/y/) y déjà vu cute   IPA Suprasegmentals Phoneme B A Examples English approximation Ib. Ma. Mi. ˈ ˈ Aina [ˈajnə] (B) / [ˈajna] (A) primary stress ˌ ˌ Bellver [ˌbeʎˈvə] (B) / [ˌbelˈve] (A) secondary stress . . Badia [bəˈði.ə] (B) / [baˈɾi.a] (A) syllable break ː ː Gemma [ˈʒemːə] (B) / [ˈdʒemːa] (A) long consonant/vowel IPA Other representations ( ) ( ) Camps [ˈkam(p)s] (B / A) optional sound

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(*) Stressed /ə/ corresponds to /ɛ/ in Central Catalan and /e/ in Western Catalan.

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