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See Colognian phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Colognian.

Consonants
IPA	Colognian examples	English approximation
b	Ball, dubbel	ball
d	dann, Saddel	done
dʒ	Dschungel, wadschele	jungle
f	Faß, Waffel	fuss
ɡ	waggele	gust
h	hatt, Buhai, Bah	hut
ɧ	Schimie, Weechter, biestig	bush
j^[1]	Jack, wääje	yuck
ʒ^[1]	Geniere, nuschele	pleasure
k	Kiß, frickele, Pek	kiss
l	Lack, welle	luck
m	Mai, summe, öm	may
n	Noht, Jewenner, Sun	not
ŋ	senge, lang	long
p	Peck, Appel, Kapp	peck
ʁ	Rään, ware	guttural r
s	faste, Baß	bus
ʃ	schäl, Mösche, Bösch	bush
t	Toon, kötte, Bütt	tone
ts	Zupp, Mätze, Fuz	pizza
tʃ	^ⓘ, letsche, Matsch	chat
v	Vas, övver	vast
w	wat	will
x	Woche, Loch	Scottish loch
z	Sunn, lässe	zone
ʔ	\|it, be\|erdije, perdü\|	uh-oh

Pitch accent
IPA	Colognian examples	English approximation	Explanation
ˈ	Bahnhoffstrohße	intonation	primary stress
ˌ	Bahnhoffstrohße		secondary stress
◌̂	/ˈʃtîːf/ "stiffness", /ˈhûːs/ "house (dat.)", /ˈʃlɛ̂ːʃ/ "beats (n. pl.)", /ˈzêi/ "sieve", /ˈkân/ "(tea)pot, jug"^[2]		falling tone (Stoßton, Accent 1)

Vowels
IPA	Colognian examples	English approximation
aː	Plaat, Bar, Ahle, Bahn	bra
a	Ax, spack,	bra
eː	Elend, Feez, Beet	somewhat like play
e	enjonn, seze	bed
ɛː	Ääpel, Pääd, ^ⓘ, äänz, Nähl	like bed, but long
ɛ	Eck, hätt, dä!	bed
iː	Ieß, Pief, di, ieser, Dier, auwieh!	eat
i	mi	city
ɪ	in, Friko	sit
ɔː	Ooß, Pooz, booh, Ohß, Pohl, jo	bore
ɔ	offe, doll, mer	on
œː	Ööschel, pöze, Blööh, Öl, Pöhl	somewhat like urgent
œ	Öschel, Pött
øː	Ööz, kööze, bleu, Rösje, Bröh
ø	Öllije, Kött, ?ömjonn
oː	Ooschel, koot, Ohm, Dooch, Nivoh	go
o	op, lovve, do	hot
ʊː	Pattevuel	took
ʊ	us, Hunk, do, ?Bunn	took
uː	uze, Pluute, Schmu, Uhr, Bud, esu	ooze
u	Ussel, Fuz	took
yː	üüßerlech, süht, Üül, Lüüß, perdü	somewhat like cute
y	üvver, müje
ʏ	üch, tüntele
aɪ	ei, Eiter, Weihnaach, zwei, Eier, Weiher, Pavei	I, idle, byte, tie
aːʊ	Auto, Strauß, mau	out, tower, how
aʊ	Auflach, Zauß, Schabau, ?zaubere, ?Kakau	out, tower, how
eɪ	ei, eins, Zeidung, sei, eine, zeije, Schnei	alien, mania, bay
iɐ̯	Liehr, ?Zottier	similar to dear
oʊ	Auge, Baum, hau, Aug, sauge, Hau	similar to over, stow
ɔʏ	Schnäuzer, Heu, Häuche, Häu	similar to oil, boy
øʏ	Sträuf, Späu, Äujelche, Bäum, ^ⓘ
Reduced vowels
ɐ	verdonn, Vatter	nut or sofa (but not balance)^[3]
ə	e, en, bedon, de	balance (but not sofa)^[3]

Notes

Bibliography

Hoenig, Fritz (1905). Wörterbuch der Kölner Mundart (in German) (2nd ed.). Köln.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Heike, Georg (1964). "Zur Phonologie der Stadtkölner Mundart. Eine experimentelle Untersuchung der akustischen Unterscheidungsmerkmale". Deutsche Dialektgeographie. Vol. 57. Marburg: Elwert-Verlag.
Froitzheim, Claudia (1984). "Artikulationsnormen der Umgangssprache in Köln". Continuum. Schriftenreihe zur Linguistik. Vol. 2. Tübingen: Narr. ISBN 3-87808-332-7. (Also Dissertation at the University of Cologne, 1983).
Wrede, Adam (1999). Neuer Kölnischer Sprachschatz (12th ed.). Köln: Greven Verlag. ISBN 3-7743-0243-X.
Bhatt, Christa; Herrwegen, Alice (2005). Das Kölsche Wörterbuch (2nd ed.). Köln: J. P. Bachem-Verlag. ISBN 3-7616-1942-1.

For another simpler phonemic writing system of West Middle German and Meuse-Rhenish including Colognian, see:

Honnen, Peter (1987). Rheinische Dokumenta: Lautschrift für Rheinische Mundarten, Mundartdokumentation im Rheinland. presented following the previous works of Fritz Langensiepen (2nd ed.). Köln: Rheinland-Verlag. ISBN 3-7927-0947-3.

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