Peninsular Spanish - Catalan | Guies de pronunciació del Català

Consonants

Sounds only from Catalan

Alveolar - Affricate:
Words like: tsar,plats | atzar,setze

ʦ ʣ
Alveolar - Fricative:
Words like:zebra,colze,casa

z
Alveolar - Lateral:
Words like: lila, pala, pal

l
Postalveolar - Affricate:
Words like: viatge, patge

ʤ
Postalveolar - Fricative:
Words like: xic, així, baix | jaqueta

ʃ ʒ
Palatal/Lateral:
Words like: llibre, colla, all

ʎ

Sounds quite similar in Catalan and Br English

Bilabial - Plosive:
Words like:pare,sopa,pop

p
Bilabial - Nasal:
Words like:mà,poma,flam

m
Dental - Plosive:
Words like:taula,bata,pot

t
Palatal - Nasal:
Words like:nyu,canya,any

ɲ
Velar - Plosive:
Words like:cotó,taca,bloc

k
Velar - Nasal:
Words like:cangur,càmping

ŋ

Sounds that appear both in Catalan and Br English

Bilabial - Plosive:
Words like:bata,ball,bomba

b
Bilabial - Approximant:
Words like:llavi,alba,esbós

β
Labiodental - Fricative:
Words like:foc,cafè,bolígraf

f
Dental - Plosive:
Words like:dia,dau,dandi

d
Dental - Approximant:
Words like:fada,acordió,desdir

ð
Alveolar - Fricative:
Words like:sal,passar,cos

s
Postalveolar - Affricate:
Words like:txec,dutxa,mig

ʧ
Alveolar - Nasal:
Words like:nas,ona,tren

n
Alveolar - Trill:
Words like:rosa,parra,cor

r
Alveolar - Flap:
Words like:cara,pare

ɾ
Palatal - Approximant:
Words like:iode,aire,noia

j
Velar - Plosive:
Words like:gos,gat,ganga

g
Velar - Approximants:
Words like: vaga 'huelga', alga 'alga', esglaó 'escalón'

ɣ̞
Velar - Glides:
Words like: ualabi 'ualabí', euga 'yegua', creuer 'crucero',beure 'beber',pou 'pozo'

w

Sounds only from Br English

Dental - Fricative:
Words like:zapato,azúcar,paz

θ
Palatal - Affricate:
Words like:yate 'iot',yogur 'iogurt', ya 'ja'

&
Palatal - Approximants:
Words like:calle 'carrer', pepinillo 'cogombre'

ʝ̞
Velar - Fricative:
Words like:jinete,ajo,carcajo

x

Vocals

Sounds only from Catalan

Front - Half-close:
Words like:verd,telèfon,caramel

ɛ
Central - Central:
Words like:paper,català,casa

ə
Central - Half-open:
Words like:os,cosa,arròs

ɔ

Sons propis del català i l’espanyol

Front - Close:
Words like:illa,circ,camí

i
Front - Half-close:
Words like:era,llet,fer

e
Central - Open:
Words like:ànec,pal,aglà

a
Back - Close:
Words like:ull,puça,tutú

u
Back - Half-close:
ós,coca,botó

o

Manner of articulation	Place of articulation
	Bilabial		Labiodental	Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Palatal		Velar
Plosive	p This sound appears to the words: pare 'father' sopa 'soup' pop 'octopus'	b This sound appears to the words: bata 'overall' ball 'dance' bomba 'bomb'		t This sound appears to the words: taula 'table' bata 'overall' pot 'jar'	d This sound appears to the words: dia 'day' dau 'dice' dandi 'dandy'							k This sound appears to the words: cotó 'cotton' taca 'stain' bloc 'pad'	g This sound appears to the words: gos 'dog' gat 'cat' ganga 'snip'
Affricate						ʦ This sound appears at the words: tsar 'tsar' potser 'perhaps' plats 'dishes'	ʣ This sound appears at the words: atzar 'random' setze 'sixteen'	ʧ This sound appears at the words: txec 'Czech' dutxa 'shower' mig 'half'	ʤ This sound appears at the words: viatge 'trip' patge 'page'		&
Fricative			f This sound appears to the words: foc 'fire' cafè 'coffee' bolígraf 'pen'	θ This sound appears to the words: zapato 'shoe' azúcar 'sugar' paz 'peace'		s This sound appears to the words: sal 'salt' passar 'to pass' cos 'body'	z This sound appears to the words: zebra 'zebra' colze 'elbow' casa 'house'	ʃ This sound appears to the words: xic 'kid' així 'this way' baix 'bass'	ʒ This sound appears to the words: jaqueta 'jacket' ajornar 'to postpone'			x This sound appears to the words: jinete 'rider' ajo 'garlic' carcaj 'quiver'
Nasal		m This sound appears to the words: mà 'hand' poma 'apple' flam 'crème caramel'					n This sound appears to the words: nas 'nose' ona 'wave' tren 'train'				ɲ This sound appears to the words: nyu 'gnu' canya 'cane' any 'year'		ŋ This sound appears to the words: cangur 'kangaroo' càmping 'camping'
Trill							r This sound appears to the words: rosa 'rose' parra 'grapevine' cor 'heart'
Flap							ɾ This sound appears to the words: cara 'face' pare 'father'
Lateral							l This sound appears to the words: lila 'purple' pala 'shovel' pal 'stick' We are not proposing any materials for practising this sound. On the one hand, because for Catalan speakers it is not possible to notice any significant difference between the Catalan <l> and the Spanish <l> in terms of perception. Moreover, there are no minimal pairs between the two <l> within the phonological system, and reaching the articulation of the velarized <l> is quite hard when the L1 phonological system does not contain this sound.				ʎ This sound appears to the words: llibre 'book' colla 'group' all 'garlic'
Approximants		β̞ This sound appears at the words: llavi 'lip' alba 'dawn' esbós 'draft'			ð̞ This sound appears at the words: fada 'fairy' acordió 'accordion' desdir 'to clash with'						ʝ̞		ɣ̞
Glides											j		w

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i This sound appears to the words: illa 'island' circ 'circus' camí 'path'		u This sound appears to the words: ull 'eye' puça 'flea' tutú 'tutu'
Half-close	e This sound appears to the words: era 'era' llet 'milk' fer 'to do'		o This sound appears to the words: ós 'bear' coca 'flat cake' botó 'button'
Central		ə This sound appears to the words: paper 'paper' català 'Catalan' casa 'house'
Half-open	ɛ This sound appears to the words: verd 'green' telèfon 'phone' caramel 'sweet / candy'		ɔ This sound appears to the words: os 'bone' cosa 'thing' arròs 'rice'
Open		a This sound appears to the words: ànec 'duck' pal 'stick' aglà 'acorn'

Sounds only from Catalan
Sounds quite similar in Catalan and Br English
Sounds that appear both in Catalan and Br English
Sounds only from Br English

En aquesta taula pots seleccionar el so que vols practicar.
Cada color de la taula correspon a un tipus de so. Els propis del Català els podeu trobar en color vermell.