/ˈaɪ.pə/

GUGU-YALANDYI

Family: Pama-Nyungan · Australia · ISO gvn · Glottolog
13
Consonants
3
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in GUGU-YALANDYI — a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia . With 16 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 ~ ɻ ~

lateral fricative

l̪|l ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ m ~ ɲ ~ ŋ ~

stop

t̪|t ~ p ~ c ~ k ~

Vowels

u ~ i ~ a ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
16
phonemes

GUGU-YALANDYI has 16 phonemes, placing it in the 1th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In GUGU-YALANDYI, not in English (11)

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

R̪|R ɻ l̪|l n̪|n ɲ t̪|t p c k u a

In English, not in GUGU-YALANDYI (40)

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

h l n pʰ s t̠ʃ 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 GUGU-YALANDYI →

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