Editing Algherese dialect (section)

==Phonology==
{{See also|Catalan phonology|Help:IPA/Insular Catalan}}

;Vowels
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ {{no wrap|Vowels of Older Algherese}}
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|u}}
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]
| {{IPA link|e}} || {{IPA link|o}}
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]
| {{IPA link|ɛ}} || {{IPA link|ɔ}}
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ä|a}}
|}
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ {{no wrap|Vowels of Modern Algherese}}
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}} || {{IPA link|u}}
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPA link|e̞|e}} || {{IPA link|o̞|o}}
|- style="text-align: center;"
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| colspan="2" | {{IPA link|ä|a}}
|}

:Notes:
:* The close-mid and mid-close vowels {{IPA|/ɛ, e/}} and {{IPA|/ɔ, o/}} merge into [[mid vowel]]s ({{IPAblink|e̞}} and {{IPAblink|o̞}}, here transcribed without diacritics) in Modern Alguerese.
:* Coalescing of unstressed vowels {{IPA|/a/}}, ({{IPA|/ɛ/}}) and {{IPA|/e/}} to [{{IPAlink|ä}} ~ {{IPAlink|ɐ}}] (transcribed as {{IPA|/a/}}) unlike the rest of [[Eastern Catalan]], which uses {{IPAblink|ə}} or even {{IPAblink|ɐ}} (transcribed as {{IPA|/ə/}}): ''aur'''a''''' ('aura') {{IPA|[ˈawɾə]}} (Eastern Standard), {{IPA|[ˈawɾa]}} (Algherese).
:* Unstressed {{IPA|/o/}} ({{IPA|/ɔ, o/}}) reduces to {{IPA|[u]}} like most Eastern Catalan dialects.

;Consonants

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Consonants of Algherese
! colspan=2 |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br />[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
! colspan=2 | [[Nasal stop|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
| {{IPA link|ɲ}}
| ({{IPA link|ŋ}})
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t̪|t}}
| colspan=2 | {{IPA link|k}}
|-
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|d̪|d}}
| colspan=2 | {{IPA link|ɡ}}
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|t͡s}}
| {{IPA link|t͡ɕ|t͡ʃ}}
|
|-
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|d͡z}}
| {{IPA link|d͡ʑ|d͡ʒ}}
|
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>
| {{IPA link|f}}
| {{IPA link|s}}
| {{IPA link|ɕ|ʃ}}
|
|-
! <small>[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| {{IPA link|v}}
| {{IPA link|z}}
| {{IPA link|ʑ|ʒ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotics]]
! <small>[[Trill consonant|trill]]</small>
|
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA link|r}}
|
|
|-
! <small>[[Tap consonant|tap]]</small>
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! <small>[[Central consonant|central]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|j}}
| {{IPA link|w}}
|-
! <small>[[Lateral consonant|lateral]]</small>
|
| {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA link|ʎ}}
|
|}

:Notes:
:* Algherese preserves {{IPA|/v/}} as a distinct phoneme from {{IPA|/b/}}, like [[Balearic dialect|Balearic]] and most of [[Valencian language|Valencian]]: '''''v'''iu'' ('he/she lives') {{IPA|[viw]}} (Algherese).
:* Mutation of intervocalic {{IPA|/d/}} and {{IPA|/l/}} to {{IPAblink|ɾ}}: ''Barce'''l'''oneta'' {{IPA|[bəɾsəluˈnɛtə]}} (Eastern Standard), {{IPA|[balsaɾuˈneta]}} (Algherese) 'Barcelonette'; and ''vi'''l'''a'' ('town') and ''vi'''d'''a'' ('life') are homophones in Algherese {{IPA|[ˈviɾa]}}.
:* Mutation of syllable final {{IPA|/r/}} (or {{IPA|[ɾ]}}) to lateral {{IPAblink|l}}, and the possible resulting group {{IPA|/r/}} + [[consonant]] is further simplified to {{IPAblink|l}}: ''fo'''r'''n'' {{IPA|[ˈfoɾn]}} (Eastern Standard), {{IPA|[ˈfol]}} (Algherese) 'oven'.
:* Depalatalisation of syllable final sonorants: lateral {{IPA|/ʎ/}} to {{IPAblink|l}}, nasal {{IPA|/ɲ/}} to {{IPAblink|n}}: '''''b'''all'' {{IPA|[ˈbaʎ]}} (Eastern Standard), {{IPA|[ˈbal]}} (Algherese) 'dance'; ''a'''ny''''' {{IPA|[ˈaɲ]}} (Eastern Standard), {{IPA|[ˈan]}} (Algherese) 'year'.