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Consonants
IPA	Examples	English approximation
b	beet^ⓘ	bait
d	dak^ⓘ	duck
f	fiets^ⓘ	feats
ɣ	gaan^ⓘ^[a]	no English equivalent; like loch (Scottish) or voiced in the south.
ɦ	had^ⓘ^[a]	behind
j	jas^ⓘ	yard
k	kat^ⓘ, cabaret^ⓘ	ski
l	land^ⓘ	land
m	mens^ⓘ	man
n	nek^ⓘ	neck
ŋ	eng^ⓘ	long
p	pen^ⓘ, rib^ⓘ^[b]	sport
r	ras^ⓘ^[c]	American atom, French R, or (in syllable coda) American R.
s	sok^ⓘ	between sip and ship (retracted) (N), sip (B)
t	tak^ⓘ, had^ⓘ^[b]	stop
v	ver^ⓘ^[a]	very
ʋ	wang^ⓘ^[d]	like a looser very
x	acht^ⓘ,^[a] weg^ⓘ^[b]	loch (Scottish English)
z	zeep^ⓘ^[a]	between zone and genre (retracted) (N), zone (B)
Marginal consonants
t͡ɕ	tientje^ⓘ, check^ⓘ^[e]	cheer
ɡ	goal^ⓘ^[f]	goal
d͡ʑ	Giovanni^[e]	jeep
ɱ	omvallen^ⓘ	symphony
ɲ	oranje^ⓘ, Trijntje^ⓘ^[e]	somewhat like canyon
ɕ	sjabloon^ⓘ, chef^ⓘ^[e]	ship
ʑ	jury^ⓘ^[a]^[e]	genre
ʔ	beëindig^ⓘ [bəˈʔɛindəx], Trijntje Oosterhuis [-ə ˈʔoː-]^[g]	catch in uh-oh!
Stress
ˈ	voorkomen^ⓘ voorkomen^ⓘ	as in commandeer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
ˌ	voorkomen^ⓘ voorkomen^ⓘ	as in commandeer /ˌkɒmənˈdɪər/
Other representations
( )	maken [ˈmaːkə(n)] zelf [zɛl(ə)f]	Optional sound^[h]

Vowels
IPA	Examples	English approximation
Checked vowels^[i]
ɑ	bad^ⓘ	father, but rather short
ɛ	bed^ⓘ	bed
ɪ	vis^ⓘ	sit
ɔ	bot^ⓘ	off
ʏ	hut^ⓘ	roughly like nurse
Free vowels and diphthongs^[i]
aː	aap^ⓘ	British lad, but long
eː	beet^ⓘ, ezel^ⓘ^[j]	American may (N), Scottish may (B)
ə	de^ⓘ	again
i	diep^ⓘ	deep
oː	boot^ⓘ^[j]	American go (N), story (B)
y	fuut^ⓘ	roughly like few
øː	neus^ⓘ^[j]	roughly like fur
u	hoed^ⓘ	roughly like cool
ɑi	ai^ⓘ	price
aːi	draai^ⓘ	prize
ʌu	jou^ⓘ, dauw^ⓘ	out
ɛi	bijt^ⓘ, ei^ⓘ	roughly like Australian may
eːu	sneeuw^ⓘ	jaywalk
iu	nieuw^ⓘ	ew!
ɔi	hoi^ⓘ	choice
oːi	nooit^ⓘ	boys
œy	buit^ⓘ	roughly like Canadian ice
ui	groei^ⓘ	gooey
yu	duw^ⓘ	Roughly like Received Pronunciation too
Marginal vowels
ɛː	scène^ⓘ^[k]	square (British English)
iː	analyse^ⓘ, dier^ⓘ^[l]	wheeze
ɔː	roze^ⓘ^[m]^[n]	thought
œː	freule^ⓘ^[m]	roughly like fur
uː	cruise^ⓘ, boer^ⓘ^[l]	rule
yː	centrifuge^ⓘ, kuur^ⓘ^[l]	roughly like fugue
ɑ̃ː	genre^ⓘ^[m]	roughly like croissant
ɛ̃ː	hautain^ⓘ^[m]	roughly like doyen
ɔ̃ː	chanson^ⓘ^[m]	roughly like montage

^ ^a ^b Gussenhoven (1999), p. 74.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Collins & Mees (2003), p. 48.
^ Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 197, 201, 216–7.
^ Gussenhoven (1999), p. 76.
^ Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 133–4.

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[FOOTNOTEGussenhoven199974-1] Gussenhoven (1999), p. 74.

[FOOTNOTECollinsMees200348-2] Collins & Mees (2003), p. 48.

[FOOTNOTECollinsMees2003197,_201,_216–7-10] Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 197, 201, 216–7.

[FOOTNOTEGussenhoven199976-13] Gussenhoven (1999), p. 76.

[FOOTNOTECollinsMees2003133–4-14] Collins & Mees (2003), pp. 133–4.

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