Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | k | q | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ | · | χ | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | w | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)VPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 77 transcribed dictionary entries (314 total tokens)
/a/
69 (22%)
/u/
31 (9.9%)
/i/
26 (8.3%)
/l/
23 (7.3%)
/o/
20 (6.4%)
/k/
19 (6.1%)
/t/
19 (6.1%)
/e/
18 (5.7%)
/m/
16 (5.1%)
/ɾ/
12 (3.8%)
/w/
8 (2.5%)
/ʔ/
8 (2.5%)
/n/
7 (2.2%)
/ɸ/
6 (1.9%)
/q/
6 (1.9%)
/a:/
5 (1.6%)
/ʃ/
3 (1%)
/s/
3 (1%)
/h/
3 (1%)
/u:/
3 (1%)
/p/
3 (1%)
/χ/
2 (0.6%)
/e:/
2 (0.6%)
/i:/
1 (0.3%)
/o:/
1 (0.3%)