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Query from phonetic chart

This search tool allows you to find the languages in LAPSyD which either have or lack specific segments in their phonological inventory.

Click on one or more of the symbols in the consonant and vowel charts below. To include a particular segment in the search, click once on the appropriate IPA symbol. It will turn blue, like this: t. To exclude a particular segment from the search, click on the appropriate IPA symbol twice, so that it turns red, like this: t. Clicking on a symbol a third time will deselect it entirely. You can also click on the RESET label in the lower right hand corner of the table to deselect all symbols.

The set of languages that matches the inventory that you have specified is listed below the table. This set consists of the languages whose phonological inventories possess any segments selected as present (in blue) and lack the ones selected as absent (in red).

Only a small subset of possible segments is shown in these charts. Searches for other segments must use the boolean operator query.

Example: clicking once on /b/ and twice on /p/ will provide the list of languages that have a /b/ phoneme but no /p/ (the “missing /p/” pattern). Note that the resulting list will not include languages where /pʰ/ but not /p/ occurs and will include languages that have only a voiced plosive series. To find languages with either /p/ or /pʰ/ you can use the Boolean search option in the Query menu, or run separate searches here and add the results together. To eliminate languages with no voiceless plosives /k/ could be added to the search.

BilabialLabio-dentalDentalUnspecified coronalAlveolarPost-alveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarUvularglottalLabial-Velar
Plosivep b   t̪ʰ 't' 'tʰ' 'd' t d ʈ ʈʰ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʔ kp ɡb
ejective stop  t̪ʼ 'tʼ'      
Implosiveɓ  ɗ̪ 'ɗ' ɗ ɗ̠  ɠ    
Sibilant Affricate  t̪s̪ d̪z̪ 'ts' 'dz' ts dz t̠ʃ d̠ʒ ʈʂ ɖʐ     
Non-sibilant fricativeɸ β f v θ ð     ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ h ɦ  
Sibilant fricative   's' 'z' s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ɕ     
Nasalm   'n' n ɳ ɲ ŋ   ŋm
Rhotic   'r' 'ɾ' 'ɺ' r ɾ ɺ  ɽ ɻ      
Lateral  ɬ̪ ɮ̪ 'ɬ' 'l' ɬ ɮ l ɭ ʎ     
Central Approximant
 
β̞ ʋ      j ɰ   w

FrontCentralBack
Highi y ɨ ʉ ɯ u
Lowered Highɪ  ʊ
Higher Mide ø ə ɵ ɤ o
Mean or Unspecified Mid'e' 'ə' 'o'
Lower Midɛ œ ɜ ɔ
Low a ɑ ɒ



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