Páez vs SEDANG

Sound inventory comparison

Only in Páez

Shared

Only in SEDANG

Only in Páez 31

ndz ndzʲ l lʲ n nd ndʲ uʱ βʲ ũ mbʲ iʱ ĩ aʱ eʱ ã ẽ tsʰ ts tsʲ tsʲʰ s sʲ t tʰ tʲʰ ɸʲ pʲ x xʲ kʲ

Shared sounds 18

w u ṵ m mb j i ḭ ɲ a e a̰ ḛ ŋɡ p pʰ k kʰ

Only in SEDANG 37

l̪̥|l̥ n̪̥|n̥ r̪̥|r̥ m̥ j̥ ɲ̥ ŋ̥ l̪|l l̪̰|l̰ n̪|n n̪̰|n̰ n̪d̪|nd d̪̰|d̰ r̪|r r̪̰|r̰ o ɔ o̰ ɔ̰ w̰ m̰ b̰ j̰ n̠d̠ʒ ɲ̰ ɛ ɛ̰ ŋ ŋ̰ s̪|s t̪ʰ|tʰ t̪|t ʍ h ʔ t̠ʃ ʃ

What this means for learners

Páez and SEDANG share 18 sounds — roughly 33% of SEDANG's inventory overlaps with Páez. Shared sounds are ones a speaker already knows from their native language and will generally produce and perceive accurately without explicit training.

The 37 sounds found only in SEDANG represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Páez 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, Páez has 31 sounds not used in SEDANG. Native SEDANG speakers learning Páez 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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