/ˈaɪ.pə/

RORO

Family: Austronesian · Papunesia · ISO rro · Glottolog
9
Consonants
5
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in RORO — a Austronesian language spoken in Papunesia . With 14 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

fricative

h ~

nasal

n̪ ~ m ~

stop

t̪ ~ b ~ p ~ ʔ ~ k ~

tap

ɾ̪ ~

Vowels

o̞ ~ u ~ i ~ e̞ ~ a ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
14
phonemes

RORO has 14 phonemes, placing it in the 0th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably small inventory.

Compared to English

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

In RORO, not in English (10)

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

n̪ t̪ p ʔ k ɾ̪ o̞ u e̞ a

In English, not in RORO (41)

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

j l n pʰ s t̠ʃ w ŋ e iː oː 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 RORO →

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 RORO with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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