/ˈaɪ.pə/

ACOMA

Family: Keresan · North America · ISO kjq · Glottolog
39
Consonants
12
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in ACOMA — a Keresan language spoken in North America . With 51 phonemes, it has a relatively large inventory compared to the world's languages. Sounds marked with a dashed border (*) are marginal: they appear only in loanwords or highly specialized contexts and are not part of the core phonological system.

Consonants

affricate

t̪s̪ʰ ~ d̪z̪ ~ t̪s̪ʼ ~ t̠ʃʼ ~ t̠ʃʰ ~ d̠ʒ ~ ʈʂʼ ~ ʈʂʰ ~ ɖʐ ~

approximant

w ~ w̰ ~ j ~ j̰ ~

fricative

h ~

nasal

n̪̰ ~ n̪ ~ m̰ ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

s̪ʼ ~ ɕʼ ~ s̪ ~ ʃ ~ ʂ ~ ʂʼ ~

stop

d̪ ~ t̪ʰ ~ t̪ʼ ~ pʼ ~ b ~ pʰ ~ ʔ ~ cʼ ~ ɟ ~ cʰ ~ kʼ ~ ɡ ~ kʰ ~

tap

ᴅ̪̰ ~ ᴅ̪ ~

Vowels

u ~ i ~ ɨi ~ ui ~ ɨ ~ ɛ ~ e̞i ~ iu ~ au ~ ai ~ e̞o̞ ~ a̟ ~

* Marginal phoneme — occurs only in loanwords or rare contexts.

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
51
phonemes

ACOMA has 51 phonemes, placing it in the 85th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably large inventory.

Compared to English

For English speakers learning ACOMA, these are the sounds that will require the most focused practice.

In ACOMA, not in English (40)

These sounds don't exist in English — English speakers will need to learn them from scratch.

t̪s̪ʰ d̪z̪ t̪s̪ʼ t̠ʃʼ t̠ʃʰ ʈʂʼ ʈʂʰ ɖʐ w̰ j̰ n̪̰ n̪ m̰ s̪ʼ ɕʼ s̪ ʂ ʂʼ d̪ t̪ʰ t̪ʼ pʼ ʔ cʼ ɟ cʰ kʼ kʰ ᴅ̪̰ ᴅ̪ u ɨi ui ɨ e̞i iu au ai e̞o̞ a̟

In English, not in ACOMA (34)

English speakers learning ACOMA won't use these sounds — they'll need to suppress them.

l n s t̠ʃ ŋ e iː oː d ʊ z ʒ f v ts ɒ ɐ ð θ ɘ ɹ kx ɐː ʉː iə eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs ACOMA →

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Ranked by Jaccard similarity — the proportion of phonemes shared relative to the combined inventory of both languages.

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Compare ACOMA with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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