hasPhonemicContrast
P4249
predicate
Indicates that two or more speech sounds are distinguished in a language by differences that change word meaning.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| hasPhonemicContrast canonical | 29 |
| hasConsonantFeature | 23 |
| hasPhonologicalContrast | 18 |
| distinguishesPhonemes | 3 |
| distinguishesPhonemically | 2 |
| usesPhonemicContrast | 2 |
| isPhonemic | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasPhonemicContrast
Generated description
Indicates that two or more speech sounds are distinguished in a language by differences that change word meaning.
Sample triples (78)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Chamorro | geminate consonants ⓘ |
| Chamorro | vowel length ⓘ |
| Cebuano language | vowel length ⓘ |
| Cebuano language | stress ⓘ |
| Achterhooks | Low Saxon /g/ and /k/ contrasts via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Tosk | lack of Gheg voiced aspirates via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Tosk | palatal consonants represented by q and gj in orthography via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | high tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | low tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | falling tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | rising tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | breathy voice vowels via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Dinka language | modal voice vowels via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Karuk language | vowel length ⓘ |
| Karuk language | consonant length (gemination) ⓘ |
| Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization | partially via predicate surface "isPhonemic" ⓘ |
| Bima language | voiced and voiceless stops via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Kunigami language | palatalized consonants via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Lenakel | voiced and voiceless stops ⓘ |
| Lenakel | long and short vowels ⓘ |
| Kunigami | contrast between plain and palatalized consonants via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Karay-a language | long and short vowels ⓘ |
| Karay-a language | glottal stop ⓘ |
| Badînî | use of pharyngeal consonants in many varieties via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Choctaw language | voiceless and voiced stops via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Choctaw language | nasal consonants via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Choctaw language | glottal stop via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Mikasuki language | vowel length ⓘ |
| Mikasuki language | tone ⓘ |
| Cuicatec | tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Cuicatec | vowel length via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Cuicatec | nasal vs oral vowels via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Kharia | voiced and voiceless stops ⓘ |
| Kharia | nasal consonants ⓘ |
| Kharia | oral and nasal vowels ⓘ |
| Parji | retroflex vs dental consonants ⓘ |
| Parji | voiced vs voiceless stops ⓘ |
| Gǀui language | tone via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Gǀui language | nasalization via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Gǀui language | aspiration via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Gǀui language | ejective consonants via predicate surface "hasPhonologicalContrast" ⓘ |
| Standard German phonology | long and short tense-lax vowel pairs such as /iː/–/ɪ/ via predicate surface "distinguishesPhonemically" ⓘ |
| Standard German phonology | front rounded and front unrounded vowels via predicate surface "distinguishesPhonemically" ⓘ |
| Sekani language | ejective stops via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Sekani language | ejective affricates via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Sekani language | lateral fricatives via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Central Ludian | palatalized consonants via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Lorrain Romance | palatalization patterns typical of Oïl languages via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Kaonde | prenasalized stops via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |
| Kaonde | labial-velar consonants in some dialects via predicate surface "hasConsonantFeature" ⓘ |