Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | ʃʒ | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 48 transcribed dictionary entries (165 total tokens)
/ɑ/
24 (14.5%)
/i/
18 (10.9%)
/oʊ/
18 (10.9%)
/v/
14 (8.5%)
/f/
12 (7.3%)
/ə/
12 (7.3%)
/n/
11 (6.7%)
/m/
11 (6.7%)
/l/
8 (4.8%)
/s/
7 (4.2%)
/θ/
6 (3.6%)
/r/
5 (3%)
/k/
5 (3%)
/t/
4 (2.4%)
/ʒ/
3 (1.8%)
/u/
3 (1.8%)
/z/
1 (0.6%)
/p/
1 (0.6%)
/d/
1 (0.6%)
/g/
1 (0.6%)