/ˈaɪ.pə/

TARASCAN

Family: Tarascan · North America · ISO tsz · Glottolog
33
Consonants
6
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in TARASCAN — a Tarascan language spoken in North America . With 39 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

affricate

ts ~ tsʰ ~ t̠ʃʰ ~ t̠ʃ ~

approximant

w ~ j ~ ɹ *

fricative

ɸ * h ~ f * x ~

lateral fricative

l̪|l * ɭ ~

nasal

n̪|n ~ m ~ ɲ * ŋ ~

sibilant fricative

s̪|s ~ ʃ ~ ʂ ~

stop

t ~ d * tʰ ~ pʰ ~ p ~ b * ʔ * k ~ kʷʰ ~ ɡ * kʷ ~ kʰ ~

trill

r ~

Vowels

ɨ˞ ~ u ~ o ~ i ~ a ~ ɛ ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
39
phonemes

TARASCAN has 39 phonemes, placing it in the 59th percentile of languages by inventory size — roughly average for a human language.

Compared to English

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

In TARASCAN, not in English (23)

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

tsʰ t̠ʃʰ ɸ x l̪|l ɭ n̪|n ɲ s̪|s ʂ t tʰ p ʔ k kʷʰ kʷ kʰ r ɨ˞ u o a

In English, not in TARASCAN (29)

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

l n s e iː oː ʊ z ʒ v d̠ʒ ɒ ɐ ð θ ɘ kx ɐː ʉː iə eə oe æe ɑe ɵː æo ɐʉ ɒɯ ʉə
Full phoneme comparison: English vs TARASCAN →

Most phonologically similar languages

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

Standard Malay 47%
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Javanese 44%
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Minangkabau 44%
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Bikol (Bicolano) 43%
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Bugis 42%
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Compare TARASCAN 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