/ˈaɪ.pə/

NYAH KUR

Family: Austroasiatic · Eurasia · ISO cbn · Glottolog
26
Consonants
24
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in NYAH KUR — a Austroasiatic 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

R̪̥|R̥ ~ R̪|R ~ w ~ j ~

fricative

ʍ ~ h ~ ç *

lateral fricative

l̪|l ~ l̪̥|l̥ ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ n̪̥|n̥ ~ m̥ ~ m ~ ɲ ~ ŋ ~

stop

t̪ʰ|tʰ ~ d̪|d ~ t̪|t ~ p ~ pʰ ~ b ~ ʔ ~ cʰ ~ c ~ k ~ kʰ ~

Vowels

o̤ ~ o ~ ɔ̤ ~ ɔ ~ u ~ ṳ ~ i ~ i̤ ~ ɤ̤ ~ ɤ ~ ɯə ~ ɛ ~ ɯ̤ə̤ ~ ɯ ~ e ~ a ~ a̤ ~ e̤ ~ ɛ̤ ~ ɯ̤ ~ iə ~ i̤ə̤ ~ uə ~ ṳə̤ ~

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

How large is this inventory?

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

NYAH KUR 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 NYAH KUR, these are the sounds that will require the most focused practice.

In NYAH KUR, not in English (39)

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

R̪̥|R̥ R̪|R ʍ ç l̪|l l̪̥|l̥ n̪|n n̪̥|n̥ m̥ ɲ t̪ʰ|tʰ d̪|d t̪|t p ʔ cʰ c k kʰ o̤ o ɔ̤ ɔ u ṳ i̤ ɤ̤ ɤ ɯə ɯ̤ə̤ ɯ a a̤ e̤ ɛ̤ ɯ̤ i̤ə̤ uə ṳə̤

In English, not in NYAH KUR (34)

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

l n s t̠ʃ iː oː d ʊ z ɡ ʃ ʒ f v ts d̠ʒ ɒ ɐ ð θ ɘ ɹ kx ɐː ʉː eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs NYAH KUR →

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 NYAH KUR with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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