Select languages to compare:

Use base consonants only
Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
 p b         t d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
             s z                                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Kala lagaw ya
UPSID number: 8365
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan
The languages has 24 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [b] [t̪] [d̪] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [s] [z] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä]
Comments: Kala Lagaw Ya is spoken in the western Torres Straits Islands, north of Cape York, Australia. Vowel sequences ending with /i/ or /u/ are said to be single syllabic peaks but to be two segments (Kennedy 1981).
Sources: Kennedy, R.J. 1981. Phonology of Kala Lagaw Ya in Saibai dialect. Work Papers of SIL-AAB (Summer Institute of Linguistics -- Australian Aborigines Branch, Darwin). Series A, 5: 103-137. Wurm, S.A. 1972. Languages of Australia and Tasmania. Mouton, The Hague.