/ˈaɪ.pə/

MOR

Family: Language isolate · Papunesia · ISO moq · Glottolog
14
Consonants
5
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in MOR — a Language isolate language spoken in Papunesia . With 19 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 ~

fricative

β ~ h ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ m ~

sibilant fricative

s̪|s ~

stop

n̪d̪|nd * t̪|t ~ mb * ʔ ~ k ~ ŋɡ *

Vowels

u ~ o̞ ~ i ~ e̞ ~ a ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
19
phonemes

MOR has 19 phonemes, placing it in the 3th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In MOR, not in English (14)

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

R̪|R β n̪|n s̪|s n̪d̪|nd t̪|t mb ʔ k ŋɡ u o̞ e̞ a

In English, not in MOR (40)

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

l n pʰ s 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 MOR →

Most phonologically similar languages

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

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Compare MOR with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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