Phoneme

Chronological Age

/m/

3:0

/h/

3:0

/w/

3:0

/p/

3:0

/b/

3:0

/n/

3:6

/d/

3:6

/k/

3:6

/f-/

3:6

 

 

/t/

4:0

/g/

4:0

 

 

/j/ (y)

5:0

/-f/

5:6

/v/

5:6

/tw, kw/

5:6

 

 

/l-/

6:0

/pl, bl, kl, gl, fl/

6:0

 

 

/ng/*

7:0

/TH/ (voiced)

7:0

/s/

7:0

/z/*

7:0

/sh/

7:0

/ch/

7:0

/dz/

7:0

/-l/

7:0

/sp, st, sk/

7:0

/sm, sn/

7:0

/sw/

7:0

/sl/

7:0

/skw/

7:0

/spl/

7:0

/spr, str, skr/

7:0

 

 

/th/ (voiceless)

8:0

/zh/*

8:0

/r/

8:0

/pr, br, tr, dr, kr, gr, fr/

8:0

 

 

/thr/

9:0

 

* Indicates phonemes that are not commonly found in the Southwest Mo lexicon. Common local substitutions include /n/ for /ng/, final /s/ for /z/, and /dz/ for /zh/.