Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

8 consonants
16 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarGlottal
Plosive
·
·
·
·
·
ʔ
Trill
ʙ
·
·
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɺ
·
·
Fricative
β
v
θ
·
ʃʒ
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close·
ʉ
·
Near-close
ɪʏ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
ɵ
ɤ
Mid··
ɤ̞
Open-mid·
ɜ
ʌ
Near-open
æ
ɐ
·
Open
a
ä
ɑɒ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (24 total tokens)

/ɐ/
13 (54.2%)
/æ/
5 (20.8%)
/a/
4 (16.7%)
/ɑ/
2 (8.3%)