/ˈaɪ.pə/

FASU

Family: Language isolate · Papunesia · ISO faa · Glottolog
11
Consonants
10
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in FASU — a Language isolate language spoken in Papunesia . With 21 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 ~ j ~

fricative

ɸ ~ h ~

nasal

n ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

s ~

stop

t ~ p ~ k ~

tap

ɾ ~

Vowels

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

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
21
phonemes

FASU has 21 phonemes, placing it in the 7th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In FASU, not in English (14)

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

ɸ t p k ɾ o̞ u a e̞ õ̞ ũ ĩ ẽ̞ ã

In English, not in FASU (38)

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

l pʰ t̠ʃ ŋ e iː oː b d ʊ z ɡ ʃ 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 FASU →

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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 FASU with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

vs Hakka Chinese vs SEDANG vs Kharia vs Bhumij vs Kota vs Burushaski vs Kabardian vs Lak vs Ket vs Yao