Phonology Tools

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Minimal Pair Searcher (EN)

1. Search by word

Input an English word.
Press ENTER key.

2. Search by two phonemes

Select two phonemes from dropdown lists.
Select minimum & maximum length. (if greater than 6, it may take a long time)
Select positions (initial, middle, final) of the two phonemes.
Press search button.

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Minimal Pair Searcher (TH)

If you ignore tone distinction, check "ignore tone".

1. Search by word

Input a Thai word.
Press ENTER key.

2. Search by two phonemes

Select two phonemes from dropdown lists.
Select minimum & maximum length. (if greater than 6, it may take a long time)
Select positions (initial, middle, final) of the two phonemes.
Press search button.

note: long vowels (e.g. /aa/) and rising diphthongs (e.g. /ia/) are treated as one phonemes.
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Original Data:

SEAlang Library Thai based on Mary Haas Thai Dictionary Project
maintained by Doug Cooper, Center for Research in Computational Linguistics, Bangkok
GlobalTIMIT by Dr. Nattanun Chanchaochai, Dept. of Linguistics, Chulalongkorn University

Phonotactics (TH)

How to use

Select a pattern of phonotactics.
Select the number of syllables of words: 1, 1-2, 1-3, all words
("all words" is not recommended for count because the data include not only words but also phrases)
Select a vowel. (only for patterns including vowel)
You can search "not existing" pattern instead.
Press search button or ENTER key.

Phonemes in Thai

onset: 21 + 12 (+ 4)
b p pʰ m f d t tʰ n s r l c cʰ k kʰ ŋ w y h ʔ
(br) pr pl pʰr pʰl (fr) (fl) (dr) tr tʰr kr kl kw kʰr kʰl kʰw
vowel: 9 + 9 + 3
a e i o u ɔ ə ɛ ʉ / aa ee ii oo uu ɔɔ əə ɛɛ ʉʉ / ia ua ʉa
coda: 9 (+ 4)
p m t n k ŋ w y ʔ (s) (f) (l) (c)

possible onset + vowel pattern = 21 * 21 + 12 * 21 = 441 + 252 = 693
possible vowel + coda pattern = 21 * 9 = 189
possible syllable pattern = 33 * 21 * 9 = 6237

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Phonotactics (TH)

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