Spanish phonology

This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

This article is about the phonology and phonetics of the Spanish language. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Castilian Spanish, the standard dialect used in Spain on radio and television.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] For historical development of the sound system, see History of Spanish. For details of geographical variation, see Spanish dialects and varieties.

Phonemic representations are written inside slashes (/ /), while phonetic representations are written in brackets ([ ]).

^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House Inc., 2006
^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006
^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, Inc., 1998
^ Encarta World English Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

[1] Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House Inc., 2006

[2] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.), Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006

[3] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, Inc., 1998

[4] Encarta World English Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

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