Phonetics and phonology phonemic analysis exercises

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
PHONEMIC ANALYSIS EXERCISES
Analyse each of the following examples into phonemes and allophones.
(Most of these examples are from Colin Yallop (pers.comm.))
1) Artificial
1. [=kadu] gift 8. [nu=g{] sweet
2. [=kuba] island 9. [=p{n{] donkey
3. [ku=ba] horse 10. [=pina] tomorrow
4. [ma=bu] bay 11. [=tamO] guest
5. [=m{gO] cow 12. [t{=ma] pig
6. [mu=ga] sour 13. [t{=mO] today
7. [=nOmi] river 14. [=tidi] neat
2) Artificial
1. [=bito] small 9. [=miRe] muddy
2. [=diRa] word 10. [=nata] birth
3. [=diRo] mother 11. [=nate] tree
4. [=dupo] foolish 12. [=numa] clever
5. [=laba] hope 13. [=pane] bread
6. [=lido] playful 14. [=tada] father
7. [=libo] free 15. [=tumo] big
8. [=lipo] fruit
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3) Artificial
1. [=suJi] dog 7. [=naza] nose
2. [=suzu] tiger 8. [=NuZi] water
3. [=Jina] child 9. [=sana] health
4. [=naZi] strong 10. [=saNu] belt
5. [=SiJi] axe 11. [=Nuza] lizard
6. [=SiNu] feather
4) Spanish (simplified)
1. [daGa] dagger 16. [ºama] llama
2. [donaDa] sister 17. [Jame] yam
3. [gama] doe 18. [naBe] ship
4. [kama] bed 19. [Tapa] spade
5. [kito] exempt 20. [moTo] young
6. [tonaDa] tune 21. [moDo] mode
7. [tapa] lid 22. [muDo] dumb
8. [taBa] jackstone 23. [TeniTa] ashes
9. [baxa] fall 24. [TeJiDo] moderate
10. [paxa] fee 25. [solo] solo
11. [paGa] straw 26. [soºo] sturgeon
12. [baGaxe] luggage 27. [keso] cheese
13. [lama] mud 28. [Tima] summit
14. [boGa] fad 29. [Tena] supper
15. [gaBela] tax 30. [paka] paca
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5) Artificial
1. [pinu] many 11. [nizen] ten
2. [sabi] five 12. [pubop] seven
3. [kudu] few 13. [sadVt] never
4. [tiga] none 14. [kugek] two
5. [mazu] one 15. [timVs] alone
6. [nVNki] nine 16. [moskVn] very
7. [sontu] all 17. [sVstep] three
8. [kenpa] four 18. [poNket] double
9. [tespi] often 19. [tVntok] eight
10. [pVska] six 20. [keNkos] several
6) Artificial
1. [pige] step 11. [kubo] bad
2. [spudo] pork 12. [spodu] square
3. [tesku] potato 13. [pege] hurry
4. [koPsi] tea 14. [kuPsi] wood
5. [stERi] coffee 15. [lOTse] chair
6. [skOspe] solid 16. [stixsi] find
7. [liTsu] number 17. [skospe] branch
8. [tibo] stone 18. [kesto] good
9. [leste] fall 19. [pEsku] which
10. [pExsi] because 20. [steRi] fish
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7) Korean (simplified)
1. [sun] pure 13. [Si] poem
2. [son] hand 14. [pi] rain
3. [san] mountain 15. [ki] flag
4. [s@n] standing 16. [tE] bamboo
5. [sen] strong 17. [ne] you
6. [Sin] shoe 18. [puRan] unrest
7. [sEn] leaked 19. [pulman] dissatisfaction
8. [il] one 20. [saRaN] love
9. [SiRem] experiment 21. [saRam] person
10. [pul] fire 22. [kaSi] thorn
11. [pal] foot 23. [man] ten thousand
12. [tal] mountain 24. [maN] net
8) Artificial
1. [=laBup] fire 16. [=labup] spear
2. [=biBat] heap 17. [=nidup] man
3. [=saDal] good 18. [=dugik] shelter
4. [=nuDus] ant 19. [=gagit] dust
5. [=duGik] every 20. [=sanzuk] fall
6. [=biGut] no one 21. [=nibzal] bark
7. [=sinbin] yam 22. [=ludzan] sand
8. [=landis] moon 23. [=sugzin] bone
9. [=daBRal] ugly 24. [=giBRap] toe
10. [=guDRin] hand 25. [=nuNgak] axe
11. [=buGRut] tree 26. [=binRus] handle
12. [=diZRap] drum 27. [=gubin] nest
13. [=gaZRis] foot 28. [=sadal] face
14. [=baNgus] rat 29. [=nadzat] hair
15. [=naZRak] water 30. [=siGRil] often
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