/ˈaɪ.pə/

Tigre vs SEDANG

Sound inventory comparison

47
Only in Tigre
7
Shared
48
Only in SEDANG

Only in Tigre 47

l lː n nː z zː d dː r rː uː o̞ː mː b bː iː jː d̠ʒ d̠ʒː ʒ ʒː ʕ a̟ː e̞ː ɜ ə ɡ ɡː tsʼ tsʼː s sː tʰ tʼ tː tʼː f fː t̠ʃʰ t̠ʃʼ t̠ʃː t̠ʃʼː ʃː ħ kʼ kː kʼː

Shared sounds 7

w m j h ʔ ʃ kʰ

Only in SEDANG 48

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 u ɔ o̰ ṵ ɔ̰ w̰ m̰ mb b̰ i ḭ j̰ n̠d̠ʒ ɲ ɲ̰ a e ɛ a̰ ḛ ɛ̰ ŋ ŋ̰ ŋɡ s̪|s t̪ʰ|tʰ t̪|t ʍ p pʰ t̠ʃ k

What this means for learners

Tigre and SEDANG share 7 sounds — roughly 13% of SEDANG's inventory overlaps with Tigre. Shared sounds are ones a speaker already knows from their native language and will generally produce and perceive accurately without explicit training.

The 48 sounds found only in SEDANG represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Tigre 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, Tigre has 47 sounds not used in SEDANG. Native SEDANG speakers learning Tigre 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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