User:Conorbrady.ie/Danish phonology

Vowels

 * 1 a = [æ] before d, n, t, l, s and finally, [ɑ] beforek, g, nk, ng, p, b, m, f, r, j, v.
 * 2 La variation entre les variantes ouvertes et les variantes fermées n'est pas déterminé par le contexte phonétique. En partie, le choix est dû à une analogie avec les formes qui ont une voyelle longue (fedt, kørte : fed, køre).
 * 3 ø = [œ] ([ɶ]) before n, otherwise [ø] ([œ]).
 * 4 e, æ = [a] before k, g, nk, ng, otherwise [ɑ] (in contemporary Danish).
 * 5 u after r tends towards [o] in contemporary Danish, where brug "use" et bro "bridge" are homonyms ([jɑ ˈtˢʁo:ð̪̩ ˈhɑm] = "I threatened him" (jeg truede ham) or "I believed him" (jeg troede ham)).
 * 6 There is a growing tendancy towards confusion between [ɛ, ɛː] et [e, eː]. Most speakers don't distinguish the verbs ligge "lie" et lægge "put" in the infinitive and in the present (Jutlanders conflate these two words in the past and the participle as well, but this is not due to a phonetic cause here).