A cutting-edge discovery tool designed to streamline the analysis of phonetic data. By providing a robust platform that automatically charts sounds from a corpus of phonetic data, Phonology Assistant helps users uncover and test sound rules within a language. Whether working with lexical items, tone melodies, or phrasal utterances, this software simplifies the intricate processes of phonetic analysis.

Phonology Assistant takes phonetic data that has been collected from speakers of a language and charts the sounds, helping the user to discover patterns and rules that govern the sounds of the language.

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"It is very helpful to add multiple databases for one analysis view. That is I can have multiple databases from which Phonology Assistant reads whether they be FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) or ToolBox or some other type. For other reasons, I maintain two separate FLEx databases on one language."

Phonology Assistant user

Phonology Assistant can sort lexical items by tone melody and look at tone across phrasal utterances.

The participatory approach gets immediately at conscious native speaker distinctive categories, and the phonetics thereof. Phonology Assistant is a great support for charting and searching.

Distribution Charts provide a quick summary of Onset, Coda, and Rhyme occurrences and so much more.