Phones Inventory

This guide provides instructions on creating a phonetic inventory of a given language. This constitutes a crucial initial step in a language project and serves as the foundation for numerous subsequent processes, including language acquisition, linguistic analysis, orthography development, and others. It is also essential for native speakers to systematically learn the intricacies of their own language. As with many other linguistic analyses, this process is iterative, leading to the finalization of the phonetic inventory.

Data Collection Procedure

Collect linguistic data from the community of mother tongue speakers.

Apprentice Level

Required Skills

• Operate a digital portable recorder
• Recording App on smartphones
• Record according to wordlist
• Fluent in National language/Trade language/Lingua-franca

Specialist Level

Required Skills

• Split sound files into relevant chunks using software application
• Know how to record High Quality sound files in fieldwork context
• Organize Participatory Rapid Word Collection Workshop with the Target Community
• Identify relevant wordlist for data collection

Training & Certification

• Linguistic Technician
• Field Linguist
• Language Surveyor
• Lexicography Technician
• MA in Linguistics
• MA in Linguistics & Translation

Consultant Level

Required Skills

• Conducting Participatory Rapid Word Collection Trainning Workshop for speacilist, MTT and OTT

Training & Certification

• MA in Linguistics
• MA in Linguistics & Translation
• PhD in Linguistics