/ˈaɪ.pə/

JAPRERIA

Family: Cariban · South America · ISO jru · Glottolog
12
Consonants
12
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in JAPRERIA — a Cariban language spoken in South America . With 24 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

affricate

t̠ʃ ~

approximant

j ~

fricative

h ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

ʃ ~

stop

t̪|t ~ p ~ b ~ ʔ ~ k ~

tap

ɺ ~

Vowels

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

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
24
phonemes

JAPRERIA has 24 phonemes, placing it in the 14th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In JAPRERIA, not in English (17)

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

n̪|n t̪|t p ʔ k ɺ u o̞ a ɨ e̞ õ̞ ũ ĩ ɨ̃ ẽ̞ ã

In English, not in JAPRERIA (38)

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

l n pʰ s w ŋ e iː oː d ʊ z ɡ 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 JAPRERIA →

Most phonologically similar languages

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

TETUN 43%
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Compare JAPRERIA with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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