Yakut vs SEDANG

Sound inventory comparison

Only in Yakut

Shared

Only in SEDANG

Only in Yakut 36

l lː n nː z d r uː y ɔː œ œː yː mː b v iː j̃ d̠ʒ d̠ʒː ɲː ʒ aː ɯ ɯː ɛː ŋː ɡ s sː t tː pː f t̠ʃː kː

Shared sounds 13

u ɔ m j i ɲ a ɛ ŋ p t̠ʃ ʃ k

Only in SEDANG 42

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 w o o̰ ṵ ɔ̰ w̰ m̰ mb b̰ ḭ j̰ n̠d̠ʒ ɲ̰ e a̰ ḛ ɛ̰ ŋ̰ ŋɡ s̪|s t̪ʰ|tʰ t̪|t ʍ pʰ h ʔ kʰ

What this means for learners

Yakut and SEDANG share 13 sounds — roughly 24% of SEDANG's inventory overlaps with Yakut. Shared sounds are ones a speaker already knows from their native language and will generally produce and perceive accurately without explicit training.

The 42 sounds found only in SEDANG represent the greatest pronunciation challenge for Yakut 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, Yakut has 36 sounds not used in SEDANG. Native SEDANG speakers learning Yakut 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.

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