UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database

UPSID = UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database

• http://web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/upsid.html
• http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/sales/software.htm

Web interface

http://web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/upsid_find.html

Sound criteria

6 x vow
vow_length 	3
vow_mod1 	6
vow_mod2 	3
vow_height 	7
vow_back 	5
vow_round 	2
type 	2
_vow_total 28

7 x cons
cons_length 	2
cons_voice 	2
cons_mod1 	6
cons_mod2 	7
cons_place 	15
cons_mod3 	3
cons_manner 	15
cons_mod4 	5
_cons_total 55

_total	83

Vowels

1. "vow_length"
   1. "" // -any length-
   2. "overshort" // overshort
   3. "short" // short /// not overshort or long
   4. "long" // long
2. "vow_mod1"
   1. "" // -any modifier-
   2. "no_mod" // no modifier
   3. "fricative" // fricative
   4. "retroflexed" // retroflexed
   5. "pharyngealized" // pharyngealized
   6. "laryngealized" // laryngealized
   7. "nasalized" // nasalized
3. "vow_mod2"
   1. "" // -any voicing-
   2. "breathy" // breathy voiced
   3. "voice" // 'normal' voiced /// not breathy or voiceless
   4. "voiceless" // voiceless
4. "vow_height"
   1. "" // -any height-
   2. "high" // high
   3. "lowered" // lowered high
   4. "higher" // higher mid
   5. "mid" // mid
   6. "lower" // lower mid
   7. "raised" // raised low
   8. "low" // low
5. "vow_back"
   1. "" // -any backness-
   2. "front" // front
   3. "retracted" // retracted front
   4. "central" // central
   5. "fronted" // fronted back
   6. "back" // back
6. "vow_round"
   1. "" // -any rounding-
   2. "unrounded" // unrounded
   3. "rounded" // rounded
7. "type"
   1. "" // -any vowel-
   2. "vowel" // Monophthong
   3. "diphthong" // Diphthong

Consonants

1. "cons_length"
   1. "" // -any length-
   2. "short" // short
   3. "long" // long
2. "cons_voice"
   1. "" // -any voicing-
   2. "voiced" // voiced
   3. "voiceless" // voiceless
3. "cons_mod1"
   1. "" // -any aspiration etc.-
   2. "no_mod1" // no aspiration etc.
   3. "aspirated" // aspirated
   4. "preaspirated" // preaspirated
   5. "prestopped" // prestopped
   6. "prenasalized" // prenasalized
   7. "breathy" // breathy
4. "cons_mod2"
   1. "" // -any sec. articulation-
   2. "no_mod2" // no sec. articulation
   3. "labialized" // labialized
   4. "palatalized" // palatalized
   5. "velarized" // velarized
   6. "pharyngealized" // pharyngealized
   7. "laryngealized" // laryngealized
   8. "nasalized" // nasalized
5. "cons_place"
   1. "" // -any place-
   2. "bilabial" // bilabial
   3. "labiodental" // labiodental
   4. "dental" // dental
   5. "dental/alveolar" // dental/alveolar
   6. "alveolar" // alveolar
   7. "palato-alveolar" // palato-alveolar
   8. "retroflex" // retroflex
   9. "palatal" // palatal
   10. "labial-palatal" // labial-palatal
   11. "velar" // velar
   12. "velar-alveolar" // velar-alveolar
   13. "labial-velar" // labial-velar
   14. "uvular" // uvular
   15. "pharyngeal" // pharyngeal
   16. "glottal" // glottal
6. "cons_mod3"
   1. "" // -any modifier-
   2. "no_mod3" // no modifier
   3. "sibilant" // sibilant
   4. "lateral" // lateral
7. "cons_manner"
   1. "" // -any manner-
   2. "click" // click
   3. "affricated" // affricated click
   4. "velar-fricated" // velar-fricated click /// velar-fricated ..... (affricated) click
   5. "estop" // ejective stop
   6. "efricative" // ejective fricative
   7. "eaffricate" // ejective affricate
   8. "implosive" // implosive
   9. "plosive" // plosive
   10. "tap/flap" // tap/flap
   11. "trill" // (affricated) trill
   12. "nasal" // nasal
   13. "affricate" // affricate
   14. "fricative" // fricative
   15. "r-sound" // r-sound
   16. "approximant" // approximant
8. "cons_mod4"
   1. "" // -any release-
   2. "no_mod4" // no release modifier
   3. "any_rel" // any release modifier
   4. "with" // with breathy/fricative release
   5. "lateral_rel" // laterally-released
   6. "nasal_rel" // nasally-released