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 | - |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |