Breton vs SEDANG

Sound inventory comparison

Only in Breton

Shared

Only in SEDANG

Only in Breton 49

l̥ n̥ r̥ w̥ ɥ̊ j̊ ŋ̊ l n z d r oː uː y ø ɔː ɒː ɒ ɥ øː yː ɔ̃ œ̃ b v iː ĩ j̃ d̠ʒ ʒ ɑ̃ aː eː æ æː ə ɛː au əu ɛɪ əy æ̃ ẽ ãũ̯ ɡ s t f

Shared sounds 17

m̥ w o u ɔ m j i a e ɛ ŋ p h t̠ʃ ʃ k

Only in SEDANG 38

l̪̥|l̥ n̪̥|n̥ r̪̥|r̥ j̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̥ l̪|l l̪̰|l̰ n̪|n n̪̰|n̰ n̪d̪|nd d̪̰|d̰ r̪|r r̪̰|r̰ o̰ ṵ ɔ̰ w̰ m̰ mb b̰ ḭ j̰ n̠d̠ʒ ɲ ɲ̰ a̰ ḛ ɛ̰ ŋ̰ ŋɡ s̪|s t̪ʰ|tʰ t̪|t ʍ pʰ ʔ kʰ

What this means for learners

Breton and SEDANG share 17 sounds — roughly 26% of SEDANG's inventory overlaps with Breton. Shared sounds are ones a speaker already knows from their native language and will generally produce and perceive accurately without explicit training.

The 38 sounds found only in SEDANG represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Breton speakers. The adult brain tends to map unfamiliar sounds onto the closest native equivalent — a process that produces the characteristic "accent" of a second-language speaker. Learning to hear and produce these sounds as distinct requires focused ear training, not just repetition.

Conversely, Breton has 49 sounds not used in SEDANG. Native SEDANG speakers learning Breton will face the mirror-image challenge with these sounds.

Phoneme inventories from PHOIBLE. Data reflects one documented inventory per language; some variation exists across dialects and sources.

Compare with another language

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