Table 6.

Calculation of the distance between two words in phonemic feature space.

Position in Word	Phoneme	Phonological Features	Phoneme	Phonological Features	Sum of Squared Differences
1	-	{−1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1}	-	{−1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1}	0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
2	k	{−1, 1, −1, −1, 1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, 0}	P	{−1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, 0, −1, 1, 0, 0}	0+0+0+0+0+4+1+0+4+1+0}
3	ε	{1, −1, 1, 0, −1, −1, 0, −1, −1, −1, −1}	ɪə	{1, −1, 1, 0, −0.5, −1, 0, −1, −0.5, −0.5, −1}	0+0+0+0+0.25+0+0+0+0.25+0.25+0
4	1	{0.5, 0, 1, 0, −1, −1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 0}	ɹ	{0.5, 0, 1, 0, −1, −1, −1, 1, 1, −1, −1}	0+0+0+0+0+0+4+4+4+4+1
5	P	{−1, 1, −1, −1, 1, 1, 0, −1, 1, 0, 0}	-	{−1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1, −1}	0+4+0+0+4+4+1+0+4+1+1

FD=Σ √ (Sum of Squared Differences = 12.51

Phonemic Features: Sonorant, Consonantal, Degree, Voice, Nasal, Labial, Palatal, Pharyngeal, Radical, Round, Tongue