Indo-European
58 languages in database
·
~49 average phonemes
·
Africa, Eurasia, North America
Sounds found in most Indo-European languages
Phonemes that appear in at least 60% of Indo-European languages in our database.
Indo-European languages
Breton
Eurasia
66
phonemes
Konkani
Eurasia
45
phonemes
KURDISH
Eurasia
47
phonemes
Kashimiri
Eurasia
56
phonemes
Pashto
Eurasia
38
phonemes
Persian
Eurasia
30
phonemes
Icelandic
Eurasia
45
phonemes
IRISH
Eurasia
69
phonemes
ORMURI
Eurasia
31
phonemes
Spanish
Eurasia
45
phonemes
English (New Zealand)
Africa
45
phonemes
Hindi-Urdu
Eurasia
94
phonemes
Portuguese (European)
Eurasia
47
phonemes
Bengali
Eurasia
72
phonemes
Russian
Eurasia
42
phonemes
Marathi
Eurasia
55
phonemes
French
Eurasia
40
phonemes
GERMAN
Eurasia
41
phonemes
Urdu
Eurasia
58
phonemes
Punjabi
Eurasia
73
phonemes
Italian
Eurasia
70
phonemes
Gujarati
Eurasia
60
phonemes
Bhojpuri
Eurasia
51
phonemes
Polish
Eurasia
37
phonemes
Awadhi
Eurasia
45
phonemes
Oriya
Eurasia
43
phonemes
Ukrainian
Eurasia
41
phonemes
Sindhi
Eurasia
64
phonemes
Siraiki
Eurasia
83
phonemes
Dutch
Eurasia
58
phonemes
Romanian
Eurasia
51
phonemes
Nepali
Eurasia
74
phonemes
Assamese
Eurasia
37
phonemes
Magahi
Eurasia
50
phonemes
Sinhalese
Eurasia
53
phonemes
Maithili
Eurasia
51
phonemes
Greek
Eurasia
41
phonemes
Serbian
Eurasia
34
phonemes
Czech
Eurasia
40
phonemes
Swedish
Eurasia
35
phonemes
Kurdish
Eurasia
39
phonemes
Bulgarian
Eurasia
49
phonemes
Bukharan Tajik
Eurasia
29
phonemes
Afrikaans
Africa
39
phonemes
Armenian
Eurasia
37
phonemes
Danish
Eurasia
69
phonemes
Croatian
Eurasia
36
phonemes
Slovak
Eurasia
45
phonemes
Norwegian
Eurasia
40
phonemes
Kumauni
Eurasia
42
phonemes
Norwegian
Eurasia
48
phonemes
Catalan
Eurasia
39
phonemes
Tosk Albanian
Eurasia
38
phonemes
Jamaican Creole
North America
33
phonemes
Lithuanian
Eurasia
60
phonemes
Slovene
Eurasia
37
phonemes
Gheg Albanian
Eurasia
43
phonemes
Sanskrit
Eurasia
45
phonemes