# UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database

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{{Short description|Linguistic database}}
The '''UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database''' (or '''UPSID''') is a statistical survey of the [phoneme](/source/phoneme) inventories in 451 of the world's [language](/source/language)s. The database was created by American [phonetician](/source/phonetics) [Ian Maddieson](/source/Ian_Maddieson) for the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) (UCLA) in 1981 to 1984 and has been updated several times.

==See also==
* [PHOIBLE](/source/PHOIBLE)

==Bibliography==

* [Maddieson, Ian](/source/Ian_Maddieson). (1984). ''Patterns of sounds''. Cambridge studies in speech science and communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

==External links==
* [http://www.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/upsid.html Simple interface to UPSID, including the list of languages and searches by selected criteria]
* [http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/faciliti/sales/software.htm#upsid Info on obtaining UPSID information from UCLA]

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Category:Phonology
Category:Works on linguistic typology
Category:1984 establishments in California
Category:Scientific databases

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