/ˈaɪ.pə/

CHATINO

Family: Otomanguean · North America · ISO ctp · Glottolog
16
Consonants
9
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in CHATINO — a Otomanguean language spoken in North America . With 25 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

R̪|R ~ w ~ j ~

fricative

h ~

lateral fricative

l̪|l ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

s̪|s ~ ʃ ~

stop

t̪|t ~ d̪|d ~ p ~ b ~ ʔ ~ k ~ ɡ ~

Vowels

o̞ ~ u ~ i ~ a ~ e̞ ~ ũ ~ õ̞ ~ ĩ ~ ẽ̞ ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
25
phonemes

CHATINO has 25 phonemes, placing it in the 16th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In CHATINO, not in English (17)

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

R̪|R l̪|l n̪|n s̪|s t̪|t d̪|d p ʔ k o̞ u a e̞ ũ õ̞ ĩ ẽ̞

In English, not in CHATINO (37)

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

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

Most phonologically similar languages

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

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Compare CHATINO with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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