Only in Daur 41
What this means for learners
Daur and Bhumij share 16 sounds — roughly 28% of Bhumij's inventory overlaps with Daur. 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 Bhumij represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Daur 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, Daur has 41 sounds not used in Bhumij. Native Bhumij speakers learning Daur 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.