/ˈaɪ.pə/

Magahi

Family: Indo-European · Eurasia · ISO mag · Glottolog · 14,100,000 speakers
34
Consonants
16
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in Magahi — a Indo-European language spoken in Eurasia . With 50 phonemes, it has a relatively large 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

h ~

lateral fricative

l̤ ~ l ~

nasal

n ~ n̤ ~ m̤ ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

s ~

stop

t̪ ~ d̪ ~ d̪̤ ~ t̪ʰ ~ b̤ ~ p ~ pʰ ~ b ~ c ~ cʰ ~ ɟ ~ ɟ̤ ~ ɖ ~ ʈ ~ ʈʰ ~ ɖ̤ ~ ɡ ~ ɡ̤ ~ k ~ kʰ ~

tap

ɽ ~ ɽ̤ ~

trill

r ~ rʰ ~

Vowels

o ~ u ~ i ~ ʌ ~ a ~ əu ~ e ~ əi ~ õ ~ ũ ~ ĩ ~ ʌ̃ ~ ã ~ ə̃ũ ~ ə̃ĩ ~ ẽ ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
50
phonemes

Magahi has 50 phonemes, placing it in the 84th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably large inventory.

Compared to English

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

In Magahi, not in English (38)

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

l̤ n̤ m̤ t̪ d̪ d̪̤ t̪ʰ b̤ p c cʰ ɟ ɟ̤ ɖ ʈ ʈʰ ɖ̤ ɡ̤ k kʰ ɽ ɽ̤ r rʰ o u ʌ a əu əi õ ũ ĩ ʌ̃ ã ə̃ũ ə̃ĩ ẽ

In English, not in Magahi (33)

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

t̠ʃ ŋ iː oː d ʊ z 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 Magahi →

Most phonologically similar languages

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

Bhojpuri 80%
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Compare Magahi with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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