/ˈaɪ.pə/

SEDANG

Family: Austroasiatic · Eurasia · ISO sed · Glottolog
41
Consonants
14
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in SEDANG — a Austroasiatic language spoken in Eurasia . With 55 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

affricate

n̠d̠ʒ ~ t̠ʃ ~

approximant

w ~ w̰ ~ j ~ j̥ ~ j̰ ~

fricative

ʍ ~ h ~

lateral fricative

l̪̰|l̰ ~ l̪|l ~ l̪̥|l̥ ~

nasal

n̪̥|n̥ ~ n̪̰|n̰ ~ n̪|n ~ m̥ ~ m̰ ~ m ~ ɲ̰ ~ ɲ ~ ɲ̥ ~ ŋ ~ ŋ̰ ~ ŋ̥ ~

sibilant fricative

s̪|s ~ ʃ ~

stop

n̪d̪|nd ~ d̪̰|d̰ ~ t̪|t ~ t̪ʰ|tʰ ~ pʰ ~ p ~ mb ~ b̰ ~ ʔ ~ k ~ ŋɡ ~ kʰ ~

trill

r̪|r ~ r̪̥|r̥ ~ r̪̰|r̰ ~

Vowels

ɔ̰ ~ ṵ ~ o̰ ~ ɔ ~ u ~ o ~ ḭ ~ i ~ a ~ ɛ ~ a̰ ~ ḛ ~ ɛ̰ ~ e ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
55
phonemes

SEDANG has 55 phonemes, placing it in the 88th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably large inventory.

Compared to English

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

In SEDANG, not in English (44)

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

n̠d̠ʒ w̰ j̥ j̰ ʍ l̪̰|l̰ l̪|l l̪̥|l̥ n̪̥|n̥ n̪̰|n̰ n̪|n m̥ m̰ ɲ̰ ɲ ɲ̥ ŋ̰ ŋ̥ s̪|s n̪d̪|nd d̪̰|d̰ t̪|t t̪ʰ|tʰ p mb b̰ ʔ k ŋɡ kʰ r̪|r r̪̥|r̥ r̪̰|r̰ ɔ̰ ṵ o̰ ɔ u o ḭ a a̰ ḛ ɛ̰

In English, not in SEDANG (34)

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

l n s iː oː b d ʊ z ɡ ʒ f v 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 SEDANG →

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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 SEDANG with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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