Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | d | · | k | q | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | ʀ | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | z | · | ɣ | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | w | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪʏ | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)VCPhonological Rules
/q/ → [k] / in the end of a syllable /v/ → [f] / before closed vowels /vʲ/ → [fʲ] / before closed vowels /ə/ → [ʏ] / before velars, but stays a neutral vowel /t͡ʃ/ → [z] / before closed vowels
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (35 total tokens)
/a/
8 (22.9%)
/d/
4 (11.4%)
/ɒ/
4 (11.4%)
/ɪ/
3 (8.6%)
/dʲ/
2 (5.7%)
/ʀ/
2 (5.7%)
/bʲ/
2 (5.7%)
/ɣ/
2 (5.7%)
/vʲ/
1 (2.9%)
/i/
1 (2.9%)
/r/
1 (2.9%)
/v/
1 (2.9%)
/h/
1 (2.9%)
/q/
1 (2.9%)
/b/
1 (2.9%)
/ə/
1 (2.9%)