^ abcdefghThe syllable-final (and also word-final) voiceless obstruents [p,t,k,f,s,χ] are voiced to [b,d,ɡ,v,z,ɣ] (note that [χ] is velar when voiced) when the next syllable (including the next word) begins with a voiced stop and, in case of the fricatives [f,s,χ], also when the next word begins with a vowel (Tiersma (1999:24)).
^ ab[ɡ] and [ɣ] are allophones of a single phoneme /ɣ/. The plosive [ɡ] appears word-initially and syllable-initially (the latter only when stressed), whereas the fricative [ɣ] occurs elsewhere (Hoekstra (2001:86), Sipma (1913:15, 17)).
^In most dialects, /h/ is deleted before [j] and [w] (Tiersma (1999:22)).
^ abcdeThe syllabic nasals [m̩,n̩,ŋ̍] are all phonemically /ən/, whereas the syllabic [l̩,r̩] are phonemically /əl,ər/. To read about their exact distribution, see e.g. Sipma (1913:36). The only sonorants that cannot be syllabic are [ʋ,j].
^ abApart from being the phonetic realization of the phonemes /m,ŋ/, [m,ŋ] occur as allophones of /n/ before, bilabial and velar consonants (Tiersma (1999:24)).
^ abcWord-final /b,d/ are realized as voiceless [p,t] (van der Veen (2001:104)). Note, however, that final /b/ is rare (Tiersma (1999:21)), and that in loanwords from Standard Dutch, final /ɣ/ can also appear, and is also devoiced and retracted to [χ].
^/r/ is silent before other alveolar consonants, i.e. /n,t,d,s,z,l/ (Tiersma (1999:28–29), Keil (2003:8)). An exception to this rule are recent loanwords from Standard Dutch (e.g. sport), which may or may not be pronounced with [r] (Tiersma (1999:29)).
^Intervocalic ⟨d⟩, as well as the sequence ⟨rd⟩ are often rhotacized to /r/ (Tiersma (1999:21)).
^In various pronouns and function words, the initial /d/ becomes voiceless [t] when a voiceless obstruent ends the preceding word (Tiersma (1999:24)).
^ abBoth [ʋ] and [v] can be regarded as allophones of a single phoneme /v/, though [v] is the most common realization. The approximant [ʋ] can appear word-initially, whereas the fricative [v] occurs elsewhere (Keil (2003:7)).
^ abcAmong fricatives, neither the voiced /z/ nor the voiceless /χ/ can occur word-initially (Sipma (1913:16–17)).
^When a sequence of any vowel and /n/ occurs before any continuant besides /h/ (that is, /f,v,ʋ,s,z,r,l,j/), it is realized as a nasalized vowel. When the following consonant is /s/, such a nasalized vowel is also lengthened (but only in stressed syllables (Hoekstra (2001:86))), so that e.g. jûns (phonemically /juns/) is pronounced [jũːs], whereas prins (phonemically /prɪns/) is pronounced [prẽːs]. One exception to this lengthening rule is that when a short vowel precedes the sequence /nst/ in the second person singular verb form (as in winsʋ[vɪ̃st]), it is kept short by most speakers (Tiersma (1999:13)).
^ abcEven though they pattern with monophthongs, the long close-mid vowels /eː,øː,oː/ are often realized as narrow closing diphthongs [ei,øy,ou] ((Visser (1997:22–23), Tiersma (1999:10–11))).
^ abPhonetically, /ə/ and /ø/ are quite similar, but the former appears only in unstressed syllables (Tiersma (1999:11)).
^ abcdSome speakers merge the long vowels /iː,uː/ with the centering diphthongs /iə,uə/ (Visser (1997:24)).
^Nearly all words with /øː/ are loanwords from Standard Dutch (Visser (1997:17)).
^ abcdefghijThe falling diphthongs [iə,ɪə,oə,uə] alternate with the rising diphthongs [jɪ,jɛ,wa,wo] in the phenomenon called breaking. An additional [yə−jø] alternation occurs in the word pair sluere−slurkje (Booij (1989:319)).
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