Standard German phonology | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2018-12-03

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Standard German phonology


00:01:07 1 Vowels
00:01:16 1.1 Monophthongs
00:01:38 1.1.1 Notes
00:06:16 1.1.2 Phonemic status of span/ɛː/
00:07:50 1.2 Diphthongs
00:07:58 1.2.1 Phonemic
00:08:28 1.2.2 Phonetic
00:11:14 2 Consonants
00:19:40 2.1 iIch-Laut/i and iach-Laut/i
00:22:54 2.2 Fortis–lenis pairs
00:26:15 2.2.1 Coda devoicing
00:27:36 3 Stress
00:29:52 4 Acquisition
00:30:00 4.1 General
00:31:25 4.2 Vowel space development
00:32:40 4.3 Grammatical words
00:33:37 4.4 Nasals
00:34:22 4.5 Phonotactic constraints and reading
00:34:50 5 Sound changes
00:35:17 5.1 Sound changes and mergers
00:35:27 5.2 Middle High German
00:39:58 6 Loanwords
00:41:10 6.1 Loanwords from English
00:42:05 7 Sample
00:44:53 7.1 Phonemic transcription
00:45:37 7.2 Phonetic transcription
00:46:00 7.3 Orthographic version
00:46:23 8 See also
00:46:44 9 Notes



Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.

Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain

Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.

You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ

You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts



"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
- Socrates



SUMMARY
=======
The phonology of Standard German is the standard pronunciation or accent of the German language. It deals with current phonology and phonetics as well as with historical developments thereof as well as the geographical variants and the influence of German dialects.
While the spelling of German is officially standardised by an international organisation (the Council for German Orthography) the pronunciation has no official standard and relies on a de facto standard documented in reference works such as Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch (German Pronunciation Dictionary) by Eva-Maria Krech et al., Duden 6 Das Aussprachewörterbuch (Duden volume 6, The Pronunciation Dictionary) by Max Mangold and the training materials of radio and television stations such as Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk, or Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. This standardised pronunciation was invented, rather than coming from any particular German-speaking city, but the city that Germans most consider to be closest to the standard is Hanover.  Standard German is sometimes referred to as Bühnendeutsch (stage German), but the latter has its own definition and is slightly different.