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CC, onset
CC, onset (ordered by sonority)
CC, coda
CC, coda (ordered by sonority)
CCC, onset
CCC, onset (ordered by sonority)
CCC, coda
CCC, coda (ordered by sonority)
CCCC, onset
CCCC, onset (ordered by sonority)
CCCC, coda
CCCC, coda (ordered by sonority)
CCCCC, onset
CCCCC, onset (ordered by sonority)
CCCCC, coda
CCCCC, coda (ordered by sonority)
Selected languages: | Dari |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Indo-European, Iranian |
The languages has | 35 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [ɛ] [ui] [ʊ] [t̪] [b] [k] [n] [ɡ] [q] [ʌ] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [f] [ɣ] [x] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɾ] [l] [w] [j] [m] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɐ] [h] [ɐu] [ɐi] [ʌi] [d̪] [p] |
Comments: | Dari is spoken primarily in Afghanistan. Dental VS alveolar consonants are defined as in Usmanyar (2022). (Language defined by PW with JK with help from Adam Baker.) |
Sources: | Baker, Adam (2016). Dari (Afghan Persian). Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Volume 46, Issue 2, pp. 229-234. Usmanyar, Mahmood (2022). A Comparative Study of Dari Persian and English Language Consonant Sounds. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 73-82. |