Phonological Features Table
Posted: May 14, 2016
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| Manner features | Laryngeal features | Place features | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
consonantal |
sonorant |
continuant |
delayed release |
approximant |
tap |
trill |
nasal |
voice |
spread glottis |
constricted glottis |
labial |
round |
labiodental |
coronal |
anterior |
distributed |
strident |
lateral |
dorsal |
high |
low |
front |
back |
tense |
|||
bilabial |
p | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| b | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɸ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| β | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| m | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʙ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
labiodental |
p͡f | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| f | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| v | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɱ | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʋ | - |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
dental |
t̪ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| d̪ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| θ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ð | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
alveolar |
t | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| d | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| t͡s | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| d͡z | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| t͡ɬ | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| s | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| z | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| n | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| l | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɬ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɮ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɾ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɺ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| r | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
palato-alveolar |
t͡ʃ | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| d͡ʒ | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʃ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʒ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɹ | - |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
retroflex |
ʈ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| ɖ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʂ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʐ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɳ | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɭ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɽ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɻ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
fronted velar |
k̟ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
|
| g̟ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| x̟ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| j | - |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
||
velar |
k | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| g | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ŋ | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| k͡x | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| x | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɣ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ʟ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
back velar |
k̠ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
|
| g̠ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| x̠ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| ɣ̠ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
uvular |
q | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
|
| ɢ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| χ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| ʁ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| ɴ | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
| ʀ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
pharyngeal |
ħ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
0 |
|
| ʕ | + |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
0 |
||
glottal |
ʔ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| h | - |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
| ɦ | - |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
labial-back velar |
w | - |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
| ʍ | - |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
||
labial velar |
k͡p | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| g͡b | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
||
labial-front velar |
ɥ | - |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
|
alveolo-palatal |
ɕ | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
|
| ʑ | + |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| t͡ɕ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| d͡ʑ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
palatal |
c | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
|
| ɟ | + |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| ç | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| ʝ | + |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| ɲ | + |
+ |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| ʎ | + |
+ |
+ |
0 |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
0 |
||
| high tense | high lax | mid tense | mid lax | low | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | y | ɨ | ʉ | ɯ | u | ɪ | ʏ | ʊ | e | ø | ɘ | ɵ | ɤ | o | ɛ | œ | ə | ɞ | ʌ | ɔ | æ | ɶ | a | ɑ | ɒ | ||
Vocalic features |
high | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| low | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
| tense | + |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| front | + |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
|
| back | - |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
| round | - |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
|