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…om Kirshenbaum's phoneme feature set.
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## Phoneme Type

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `vwl` | vowel |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `vwl` | `vwl` | vowel |

## Consonants

### Voicing

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `vcd` | voiced |
| `vls` | voiceless |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `vcd` | `vcd` | voiced |
| `vls` | `vls` | voiceless |

### Place of Articulation

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `blb` | bilabial |
| `lbd` | labio-dental |
| `dnt` | dental |
| `alv` | alveolar |
| `rfx` | retroflex |
| `pla` | palato-alveolar |
| `pal` | palatal |
| `vel` | velar |
| `lbv` | labio-velar |
| `uvl` | uvular |
| `phr` | pharyngeal |
| `glt` | glottal |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `blb` | `blb` | bilabial |
| `lbd` | `lbd` | labio-dental |
| `dnt` | `dnt` | dental |
| `alv` | `alv` | alveolar |
| `rfx` | `rfx` | retroflex |
| `pla` | `pla` | palato-alveolar |
| `pal` | `pal` | palatal |
| `vel` | `vel` | velar |
| `lbv` | `lbv` | labio-velar |
| `uvl` | `uvl` | uvular |
| `phr` | `phr` | pharyngeal |
| `glt` | `glt` | glottal |

### Manner of Articulation

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `stp` | stop |
| `frc` | fricative |
| `nas` | nasal |
| `orl` | oral |
| `apr` | approximant |
| `lat` | lateral |
| `ctl` | central |
| `trl` | trill |
| `flp` | tap/flap |
| `clk` | click |
| `ejc` | ejective |
| `imp` | implosive |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `stp` | `stp` | stop |
| `frc` | `frc` | fricative |
| `nas` | `nas` | nasal |
| `orl` | `orl` | oral |
| `apr` | `apr` | approximant |
| `lat` | `lat` | lateral |
| `ctl` | `ctl` | central |
| `trl` | `trl` | trill |
| `flp` | `flp` | tap/flap |
| `clk` | `clk` | click |
| `ejc` | `ejc` | ejective |
| `imp` | `imp` | implosive |

## Vowels

### Height

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `hgh` | high |
| `smh` | semi-high |
| `umd` | upper-mid |
| `mid` | mid |
| `lmd` | lower-mid |
| `low` | low |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `hgh` | `hgh` | high |
| `smh` | `smh` | semi-high |
| `umd` | `umd` | upper-mid |
| `mid` | `mid` | mid |
| `lmd` | `lmd` | lower-mid |
| `low` | `low` | low |

### Backness

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `fnt` | front |
| `cnt` | center |
| `bck` | back |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `fnt` | `fnt` | front |
| `cnt` | `cnt` | center |
| `bck` | `bck` | back |

### Rounding

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `unr` | unrounded |
| `rnd` | rounded |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `unr` | `unr` | unrounded |
| `rnd` | `rnd` | rounded |

## Additional Features

| Feature | Name |
|---------|-----------------|
| `asp` | aspirated |
| `unx` | unexploded |
| `syl` | syllabic |
| `mrm` | murmured |
| `lng` | long |
| `vzd` | velarized |
| `lzd` | labialized |
| `pzd` | palatalized |
| `rzd` | rhoticized |
| `nzd` | nasalized |
| `fzd` | pharyngealized |
| Feature | Kirshenbaum | Name |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `asp` | `asp` | aspirated |
| `unx` | `unx` | unexploded |
| `syl` | `syl` | syllabic |
| `mrm` | `mrm` | murmured |
| `lng` | `lng` | long |
| `vzd` | `vzd` | velarized |
| `lzd` | `lzd` | labialized |
| `pzd` | `pzd` | palatalized |
| `rzd` | `rzd` | rhoticized |
| `nzd` | `nzd` | nasalized |
| `fzd` | `fzd` | pharyngealized |

## References

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