Unique to the development of Dutch is the collaps of older ol/ul/al + dental into ol + dental, followed by vocalisation of pre-consonantal /l/ and after a short vowel, creating the diphthong /ɑu/ e.g., Dutch goud, zout and bout corresponds with Low German Gold, Solt, Bolt; German Gold, Salz, Balt and English gold, salt, bold. This is the most common diphthong along with /ɛi œy/. All three are commonly the only ones considered unique phonemes in Dutch. The tendency for native English speakers is to pronounce Dutch names with /ɛi/ (written as ij or ei) as /aɪ/, (like the English vowel y) which does not normally lead to confusion among native listeners, since in a number of dialects (e.g. in Amsterdam) the same pronunciation is heard.
Unique to the development of Dutch is the collaps of older ol / ul / al + dental into ol + dental , followed by vocalisation of pre - consonantal /l/ and after a short vowel , creating the diphthong /ɑu/ e.g. , Dutch goud , zout and bout corresponds with Low German Gold , Solt , Bolt ; German Gold , Salz , Balt and English gold , salt , bold . This is the most common diphthong along with /ɛi œy/. All three are commonly the only ones considered unique phonemes in Dutch . The tendency for native English speakers is to pronounce Dutch names with /ɛi/ ( written as ij or ei ) as /aɪ/ , ( like the English vowel y ) which does not normally lead to confusion among native listeners , since in a number of dialects ( e.g. in Amsterdam ) the same pronunciation is heard .
What pronunciation did the older Dutch ol/ul/al + dental evolve into?
What pronunciation did the older Dutch ol / ul / al + dental evolve into ?
ol + dental
ol + dental