Editing Istriot language (section)

== Phonology ==
The phonology of the Istriot language:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Analisi fonematica del dialetto di Valle d'Istria|last=Cernecca|first=Domenico|publisher=Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia|year=1967}}</ref> 

=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br>[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPAlink|m}}
|{{IPAlink|n}}
|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}
|({{IPAlink|ŋ}})
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|p}}
|{{IPAlink|t}}
|{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}
|{{IPAlink|k}}
|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|b}}
|{{IPAlink|d}}
|{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɡ}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>[[Voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|f}}
|{{IPAlink|s}}
|
|
|-
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|{{IPAlink|v}}
|{{IPAlink|z}}
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
|{{IPAlink|r}}
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
!<small>[[Central approximant|central]]</small>
|
|
|{{IPAlink|j}}
|{{IPAlink|w}}
|-
!<small>[[Lateral consonant|lateral]]</small>
|
|{{IPAlink|l}}
|({{IPAlink|ʎ}})
|
|}

* Sounds {{IPA|/j, w/}} can also be noted as {{IPA|[i̯ u̯]}} among different dialects.
* {{IPAblink|ŋ}} occurs as a result of a nasal consonant preceding a velar stop.
* {{IPAblink|ʎ}} can occur as a result of Italian loanwords.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|- align="center"
![[Close vowel|Close]]
|{{IPAlink|i}}
|
|{{IPAlink|u}}
|-
![[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
|{{IPAlink|e}}
|
|{{IPAlink|o}}
|-
![[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
|{{IPAlink|ɛ}}
|
|{{IPAlink|ɔ}}
|- align="center"
![[Open vowel|Open]]
|
|{{IPAlink|a}}
|
|}