Bavarian phonology

Consonants
Notes:


 * The phoneme only occurs word-initially.
 * Intervocalic is voiced to
 * Some dialects, such as the Bavarian dialect in South Tyrol, realize as an affricate  word-initially and before, which is an extension of the Second Germanic consonant shift to velar consonants.

Vowels
Bavarian has an extensive vowel inventory, as is common for Germanic languages. Vowels can be grouped as back rounded, front unrounded and front rounded. They are also traditionally distinguished by length or tenseness.