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Phoneme Chart

The phonemes are sorted by alphabetical order, and divided under Universal DS phonemes, Vowels and Consonants.

Keep in mind that only officially supported languages are listed.

Optional languages are between (brackets).

Phoneme

IPA

Used in language(s)

Universal DS phonemes

AP N/A (breath) All
SP N/A (pause) All

Vowels

a a Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
A (devoiced /a/) Japanese
aa ɑ ~ ɒ English
ae æ ~ ɛə ~ ɛ ~ eɪ English
ah ʌ ~ ə English
an ɑ̃ French
ao ɔ ~ ɒ English, German, French
aw English, German
ax ə German, (English, French)
ay English, German
e Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
E (devoiced /e̞/) Japanese
e1 ɤ Mandarin Chinese
e2 ə̟~ə̠ (very similar to /ax/ but usually more nasal) Mandarin Chinese
ee e: (more “fronted” than /e/ and usually long) German, French
eh ɛ English, German, French
ein ɛ̃ French
eo ʌ̹ (more rounded than /ah/) Korean
er ɝ ~ ɚ ~ ɜ ~ ə English
er1 ɚ ~ aɚ̯ (similar to /er/ but is always rhotic) Mandarin Chinese
eu ɯ~ɰ (very similar to /u/ but less rounded) Korean
eu1 ø German, French
ex ɐ ~ əʁ German
ey English
i i (very similar to /iy/ but with palatalization rules kept in mind) Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
I (devoiced /i/) Japanese
i0 ɨ ~ ɹ̩ ~ z̩ Mandarin Chinese
ih ɪ English, German
ir ɻ̩ ~ ʐ̩ Mandarin Chinese
iy i: (very similar to /i/ but usually longer and without palatalization context) English, German, French
N ɴ ~ m ~ n ~ ɲ ~ ŋ ~ ɰ̃ (moraic nasal) Japanese
o Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
O (devoiced /o̞) Japanese
o1 o (more rounded than /o/) German, French, Korean
oe oe German, French
on ɔ̃ French
ow English
oy ɔɪ ~ ɔʏ English, German
u ɯᵝ (very similar to /eu/ but more rounded) Japanese
U ɯ̥ᵝ (devoiced /ɯᵝ) Japanese
u1 u German, French, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
uh ʊ English, German
uw u: ~ ʉ: English
v1 y German, French, Mandarin Chinese, (Latin)
yy ʏ German

Consonants

b b English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Latin
b1 p ~ b Korean, Mandarin Chinese
bb Korean
bh β Spanish
by Japanese, (Korean)
c tsʰ Mandarin Chinese
cc ç (extremely similar to /hy/) German
ch tʃ ~ tɕ English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Latin
ch1 tʂʰ Mandarin Chinese
ch2 tsʰ ~ tɕʰ Korean
cl ː (gemination) Japanese
d d English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Latin
d1 t ~ d Korean, Mandarin Chinese
dd Korean
dh ð English, Spanish
dy Japanese, (Korean)
f f English, German, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
fx ɸ Japanese, (Korean)
g g English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Latin
g1 k ~ g Korean, Mandarin Chinese
gg Korean
gh ɣ Spanish
gw Japanese, (Latin, Korean)
gy Japanese, (Korean)
h h ~ ç ~ ɦ (extremely similar to /hh/, but is always pronounced) Japanese, Korean, (Latin, Spanish)
h1 x ~ h (similar to either /h/ or /x/ but infree variation) Mandarin Chinese
hh h ~ ç ~ ɦ ~ ʍ (can be silent) English, German
hy hʲ ~ ç (extremely similar to /cc/) Japanese, (Korean)
I1 Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Latin
j dʑ ~ ʑ (similar to /jh/ but more palatal and can be a fricative) Japanese, (Spanish, Latin)
j1 ts ~ dz ~ tɕ ~ dʑ Korean, Mandarin Chinese
jh English, German
jj t͈ɕ Korean
k kʰ ~ k English, German
K Korean
k1 (always aspirated) Korean, Mandarin Chinese, (Latin)
kw Japanese, (Latin)
kx k (never aspirated) Japanese, Spanish, French, Latin
ky Japanese
l l ~ ɫ ~ ʟ English
L l (extremely similar to /l/ but with sandhi rules kept in mind, and only at the end of syllables) Korean
l1 l (always clear, never velarized) German, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Latin, (Korean)
m m All
M m (extremely similar to /m/ but withsandhi rules kept in mind, and only at theend of syllables) Korean
my Japanese, (Korean)
n n All
n1 n (only at the end of syllables; can nasalize vowels) Mandarin Chinese
N1 n (extremely similar to /n/ but with sandhi rules kept in mind, and only at the end of syllables) Korean
ng ŋ English, German, (French, Japanese)
NG ŋ (extremely similar to /ng/ but withs andhi rules kept in mind, and only at the end of syllables) Korean
ng1 ŋ (only at the end of syllables; can nasalize vowels) Mandarin Chinese
ngy ŋʲ (Japanese)
ny nʲ ~ ɲ Japanese, Spanish, (French, Korean, Latin)
O1 ʊ̯ ~ u̯ Mandarin Chinese
p pʰ ~ p English, German
P Korean
p1 (always aspirated) Korean, Mandarin Chinese, (Latin)
pf pf German
px p (never aspirated) Japanese, Spanish, French, Latin
py Japanese
q ʔ German, (English) (though can be utilized in any language)
q1 tɕʰ Mandarin Chinese
r ɻ ~ ɹ̠ ~ ɹ̈ English, Mandarin Chinese
rh ʀ ~ ʁ German, French
rr r (“rolled R”) Spanish, Latin, (German, French, Japanese, English)
rx ɾ ~ ɾ̠ ~ d̠ɹ̝̆ ~ ɺ ~ l Japanese, Spanish, Korean, (Latin) (can be used inEnglish as a substitute for /dx/)
ry ɾʲ ~ ɾ̠ʲ ~ d̠ɹ̝̆ʲ ~ ɺʲ ~ lʲ Japanese, (Korean)
s s English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Latin
s1 sʰ ~ s ~ ɕʰ ~ ɕ Korean
sh ʃ ~ ɕ English, Japanese, German, French, (Latin)
sh1 ʂ Mandarin Chinese
ss s͈ ~ ɕ͈ Korean
t tʰ ~ t English, German
T Korean
t1 (always aspirated) Korean, Mandarin Chinese, (Latin)
th θ English, (Spanish)
ts ts Japanese, German, (Latin)
tx t (never aspirated) Japanese, Spanish,French, Latin
ty Japanese
U1 Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Latin
v v English, German, French, Latin, (Japanese)
V ɥ French, Mandarin Chinese
w w All
x x German, Spanish
x1 ɕ (similar to /sh/ but more palatal) Mandarin Chinese
y j All
z z English, Japanese, German, French, Latin
z1 ts ~ dz Mandarin Chinese
zh ʒ English, French, (German, Spanish)
zh1 tʂ ~ dʐ Mandarin Chinese

Total phoneme count

137

(incl. universal phonemes)