/ˈaɪ.pə/

JEBERO

Family: Cahuapanan · South America · ISO jeb · Glottolog
19
Consonants
4
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in JEBERO — a Cahuapanan language spoken in South America . With 23 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

cç ~

approximant

w ~ j ~ ɹ ~

lateral fricative

l ~ ʎ ~

nasal

n̪ ~ m ~ ɲ ~ ŋ ~

sibilant fricative

s ~ ʃ ~

stop

t̪ ~ p ~ ʔ ~ kˀ ~ k ~

tap

ɾ̰ * ɾ ~

Vowels

u ~ i ~ ɘ ~ a ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
23
phonemes

JEBERO has 23 phonemes, placing it in the 11th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In JEBERO, not in English (13)

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

cç ʎ n̪ ɲ t̪ p ʔ kˀ k ɾ̰ ɾ u a

In English, not in JEBERO (35)

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

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

Most phonologically similar languages

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

Sundanese 44%
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Tongan; Tonga 38%
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Compare JEBERO with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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