/ˈaɪ.pə/

PACOH

Family: Austroasiatic · Eurasia · ISO pac · Glottolog
18
Consonants
15
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in PACOH — a Austroasiatic language spoken in Eurasia . With 33 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

β̞ ~ j ~

fricative

h ~

lateral fricative

l ~

nasal

n ~ m ~ n̠ ~ ŋ ~

sibilant fricative

ʃ ~

stop

d̰ ~ t ~ b̰ ~ p ~ ʔ ~ t̠ ~ d̠̰ ~ k ~

trill

r ~

Vowels

ɔ ~ o ~ u ~ ɒ ~ i ~ ɨə ~ ɘ ~ ɨ ~ æ ~ iə ~ uə ~ e ~ a ~ ɛ ~ ɜ ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
33
phonemes

PACOH has 33 phonemes, placing it in the 40th percentile of languages by inventory size — roughly average for a human language.

Compared to English

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

In PACOH, not in English (20)

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

β̞ n̠ d̰ t b̰ p ʔ t̠ d̠̰ k r ɔ o u ɨə ɨ æ uə a ɜ

In English, not in PACOH (32)

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

pʰ s t̠ʃ w iː oː b d ʊ z ɡ ʒ f v ts d̠ʒ ɐ ð θ ɹ kx ɐː ʉː eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs PACOH →

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 PACOH with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

vs Hakka Chinese vs SEDANG vs Kharia vs Bhumij vs Kota vs Burushaski vs Kabardian vs Lak vs Ket vs Yao