/ˈaɪ.pə/

MUMUYE

Family: Atlantic-Congo · Africa · ISO mzm · Glottolog
23
Consonants
11
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in MUMUYE — a Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Africa . With 34 phonemes, it has an average-sized 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 ~ f * v ~

lateral fricative

l ~

nasal

n ~ m ~ ŋʷ ~

sibilant fricative

s ~ z ~ ʒ ~ ʃ ~

stop

t ~ d ~ ɡb ~ p ~ b ~ ɓ ~ kp ~ k ~ ɡ ~

trill

r ~

Vowels

u ~ ɔ ~ o̞ ~ i ~ a ~ ɛ ~ õ̞ ~ ũ ~ ĩ ~ ɛ̃ ~ ã ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
34
phonemes

MUMUYE has 34 phonemes, placing it in the 43th percentile of languages by inventory size — roughly average for a human language.

Compared to English

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

In MUMUYE, not in English (17)

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

ŋʷ t ɡb p ɓ kp k r u ɔ o̞ a õ̞ ũ ĩ ɛ̃ ã

In English, not in MUMUYE (28)

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

pʰ t̠ʃ ŋ e iː oː ʊ ts d̠ʒ ɒ ɐ ð θ ɘ ɹ kx ɐː ʉː iə eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs MUMUYE →

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

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Compare MUMUYE with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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