Interactive Hayes feature Chart

An interactive online Hayes phonological feature chart. Click a segment to play an audio file.

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Hayes Consonant Features

All consonants are [-syllabic], so this feature is not included in the chart. Labial-back velar, labial-velar, and labial-front velar have been merged into one (labial-velar front/back) for formatting.

Labial-back velar, labial-velar, labial-front velar, alveolopalatal, and palatal sounds have two places of articulation.

Fronted velars and back velars have no sound files associated with them yet.

Manner features Laryngeal features Place features
Segment consonantal sonorant continuant delayed release approximant tap trill nasal voice spread glottis constricted glottis LABIAL round labiodental CORONAL anterior distributed strident lateral DORSAL high low front back tense
bilabial +----------+---000--00000
+-------+--+---000--00000
+-++-------+---000--00000
+-++----+--+---000--00000
++-0---++--+---000--00000
+++0+-+-+--+---000--00000
labiodental +--+-------+-+-000--00000
+-++-------+-+-000--00000
+-++----+--+-+-000--00000
++-0---++--+-+-000--00000
-++0+---+--+-+-000--00000
dental +-------------+++---00000
+-------+-----+++---00000
+-++----------+++---00000
+-++----+-----+++---00000
alveolar +-------------++----00000
+-------+-----++----00000
+--+----------++-+--00000
+--+----+-----++-+--00000
+--+----------++--+-00000
+-++----------++-+--00000
+-++----+-----++-+--00000
++-0---++-----++----00000
+++0+---+-----++--+-00000
+-++----------++--+-00000
+-++----+-----++--+-00000
+++0++--+-----++----00000
+++0++--+-----++--+-00000
+++0+-+-+-----++----00000
palato-alveolar +--+----------+-++--00000
+--+----+-----+-++--00000
+-++----------+-++--00000
+-++----+-----+-++--00000
-++0+---+-----+-+---00000
retroflex +-------------+-----00000
+-------+-----+-----00000
+-++----------+--+--00000
+-++----+-----+--+--00000
++-0---++-----+-----00000
+++0+---+-----+---+-00000
+++0++--+-----+-----00000
+++0+---+-----+-----00000
fronted velar +--------------000-++-+-0
+-------+------000-++-+-0
+-++-----------000-++-+-0
-++0+---+------000-++-+-+
velar +--------------000-++-000
+-------+------000-++-000
++-0---++------000-++-000
+--+-----------000-++-000
+-++-----------000-++-000
+-++----+------000-++-000
+++0+---+------000+++-000
back velar +--------------000-++--+0
+-------+------000-++--+0
+-++-----------000-++--+0
+-++----+------000-++--+0
uvular +--------------000-+---+0
+-------+------000-+---+0
+-++-----------000-+---+0
+-++----+------000-+---+0
++-0---++------000-+---+0
+++0+-+-+------000-+---+0
pharyn +-++-----------000-+-+-+0
+-+-----+------000-+-+-+0
glottal +---------+----000--00000
--++-----+-----000--00000
--++----++-----000--00000
labial-velar (front/back) -++0+---+--++--000-++--++
--++-----+-++--000-++--++
+----------+---000-++-000
+-------+--+---000-++-000
-++0+---+--++--000-++-+-+
alveopalatal +--+----------++++-++-+-0
+--+----+-----++++-++-+-0
+-++----------++++-++-+-0
+-++----+-----++++-++-+-0
palatal +-------------+-+--++-+-0
+-------+-----+-+--++-+-0
+-++----------+-+--++-+-0
+-++----+-----+-+--++-+-0
++-0---++-----+-+--++-+-0
+++0+---+-----+-+-+++-+-0

Hayes Vowel Features

The basic features for vowels (shown by the basic IPA symbols rather than the diacritics) are [round], [high], [low], [front], and [back]. [labial] is predictable, occurring only in [+round] vowels. All other features are invariant; unless overridden by a diacritic, all vowels are [+syllabic, -consonantal, +sonorant, +continuant, 0delayed release, +approximant, -tap, -trill, -nasal, -voice, -spread glottis, +constricted glottis, -labiodental, -coronal, 0anterior, 0distributed, 0strident].

high tense high lax mid tense mid lax low
Feature
high +++++++++-----------------
low ---------------------+++++
tense ++++++---++++++------00000
front ++----++-++----++----++---
back ----++--+----++----++---++
round -+-+-+-++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+--+

Hayes Diacritics

Diacritics and their designated features.

Diacritic As applied to Phonetic definition Designates these features
̩ a consonant syllabic [+syllabic]
̰ voiced sounds creaky voice [-spread glottis, +constricted glottis]
̤ voiced sounds breathy voice [+spread glottis, -constricted glottis]
̥ voiced sounds voiceless [-voice]
̠ alveolar palato-alveolar [-anterior, +distributed]
̪ alveolar dental [+anterior, +distributed]
̟ velar fronted velar [+front, -back]
̠ velar backed velar [-front, +back]
ˈ before a syllable stressed [+stress]
ː any segment long [+long]
ʰ a consonant aspirated [+spread glottis, -constricted glottis]
ʲ a consonant palatalized [+dorsal, +high, -low, -front, -back]
ʷ a consonant labialized [+labial, +round]
ˠ a consonant velarized [+dorsal, +high, -low, -front, +back]
ˤ a consonant pharyngealized [+dorsal, -high, +low, -front, +back]
̃ a sonorant nasalized [+nasal]
˞ a vowel rhotic [+coronal, +anterior, +distributed, -strident]
ʼ an obstruent ejective [-spread glottis, +constricted glottis]

All sounds are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_vowel_chart_with_audio

Please make a PR if you notice any mistakes.