Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

16 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
td
·
·
kɡ
Nasal
m
n
·
·
ŋ
Trill
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
sz
ʒ
·
·
Approximant
·
ɹ
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close··
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid··
o
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 6 transcribed dictionary entries (21 total tokens)

/o/
4 (19%)
/ɛ/
4 (19%)
/r/
2 (9.5%)
/ɪ/
2 (9.5%)
/n/
2 (9.5%)
/j/
2 (9.5%)
/ŋ/
1 (4.8%)
/t/
1 (4.8%)
/a/
1 (4.8%)
/s/
1 (4.8%)
/k/
1 (4.8%)