/ˈaɪ.pə/

Yuchi

Family: Language isolate · North America · ISO yuc · Glottolog
38
Consonants
26
Vowels

The phoneme inventory below shows every sound that functions as a meaningful unit in Yuchi — a Language isolate language spoken in North America . With 64 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

dz ~ tsʰ ~ tsʼ ~ ts ~ t̠ʃʼ ~ d̠ʒ ~ t̠ʃ ~ t̠ʃʰ ~

approximant

w ~ ˀw ~ ˀj ~ j ~

fricative

ɸ ~ ɸʼ ~ h ~

lateral fricative

ɬ ~ l ~ ˀl ~ ɬʼ ~

nasal

ˀn ~ n ~

sibilant fricative

s ~ sʼ ~ ʃʼ ~ ʃ ~

stop

t ~ tʰ ~ tʼ ~ d ~ pʰ ~ p ~ b ~ pʼ ~ ʔ ~ ɡ ~ kʼ ~ kʰ ~ k ~

Vowels

ʊ ~ o ~ u ~ ʊː ~ oː ~ uː ~ iː ~ i ~ e ~ aː ~ æː ~ æ ~ eː ~ a ~ õ̞ː ~ õ̞ ~ ʊ̃ ~ ʊ̃ː ~ ɪ̃ː ~ ɪ̃ ~ ẽ̞ː ~ æ̃ ~ ẽ̞ ~ ã ~ ãː ~ æ̃ː ~

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

How large is this inventory?

Smaller (11) Average (36) Larger (141)
64
phonemes

Yuchi has 64 phonemes, placing it in the 94th percentile of languages by inventory size — a notably large inventory.

Compared to English

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

In Yuchi, not in English (45)

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

dz tsʰ tsʼ t̠ʃʼ t̠ʃʰ ˀw ˀj ɸ ɸʼ ɬ ˀl ɬʼ ˀn sʼ ʃʼ t tʰ tʼ p pʼ ʔ kʼ kʰ k o u ʊː uː aː æː æ eː a õ̞ː õ̞ ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː ɪ̃ː ɪ̃ ẽ̞ː æ̃ ẽ̞ ã ãː æ̃ː

In English, not in Yuchi (26)

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

m ŋ z ʒ f v 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 Yuchi →

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Compare Yuchi with another language

See which sounds are shared and which are unique.

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