User:Sol505000/R-vocalization in German


 * Einführung in die Phonetik des Deutschen - Klaus J. Kohler: are normally  with velarization of the following consonant
 * The Phonology of German: no length contrast in diphthongs, thus fall together as, laxing of  to  is common
 * The newest Das Aussprachewörterbuch (8th ed.): is normally pronounced the same as  and it's finally reflected in the dictionary transcription. However, they transcribe the vocalized  as  without further comment.
 * Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch: is normally  in casual speech, what they prescribe is, with a uvular approximant (this is probably unique among sources)
 * Podręcznik Wymowy Niemieckiej: vocalized to  only after long close and mid vowels, after  (their transcription: ) it disappears altogether (they don't say it explicitly but it is explicitly shown in their transcription). In colloquial speech, vocalization of  also appears, to  and, respectively.
 * Phonetik und Phonologie (Wiese): Opa vs. Oper is not a real a minimal pair