/ˈaɪ.pə/

BAINING

Family: Baining · Papunesia · ISO byx · Glottolog
14
Consonants
8
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in BAINING — a Baining language spoken in Papunesia . With 22 phonemes, it has a relatively small 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

approximant

w ~

fricative

ɣ ~

lateral fricative

l ~

nasal

n ~ m ~ ŋ ~

sibilant fricative

s ~

stop

nd ~ t ~ p ~ mb ~ ŋɡ ~ k ~

tap

ɾ ~

Vowels

u ~ o̞ ~ i ~ ɛ ~ a ~ ai ~ au ~ ɛi ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
22
phonemes

BAINING has 22 phonemes, placing it in the 9th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In BAINING, not in English (14)

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

ɣ nd t p mb ŋɡ k ɾ u o̞ a ai au ɛi

In English, not in BAINING (37)

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

h j pʰ t̠ʃ e iː oː b d ʊ z ɡ ʃ ʒ f v ts d̠ʒ ɒ ɐ ð θ ɘ ɹ kx ɐː ʉː iə eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs BAINING →

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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 BAINING with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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