UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database

Summary

The UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database (or UPSID) is a statistical survey of the phoneme inventories in 451 of the world's languages. The database was created by American phonetician Ian Maddieson for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1984 and has been updated several times.

Bibliography

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  • Maddieson, Ian. (1984). Patterns of sounds. Cambridge studies in speech science and communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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  • Simple interface to UPSID, including the list of languages and searches by selected criteria
  • Info on obtaining UPSID information from UCLA