Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
hɦ
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 149 transcribed dictionary entries (440 total tokens)

/e/
60 (13.6%)
/a/
51 (11.6%)
/n/
31 (7%)
/r/
30 (6.8%)
/l/
28 (6.4%)
/z/
24 (5.5%)
/m/
21 (4.8%)
/o/
20 (4.5%)
/y/
14 (3.2%)
/d/
13 (3%)
/k/
12 (2.7%)
/u/
12 (2.7%)
/s/
11 (2.5%)
/b/
11 (2.5%)
/i/
10 (2.3%)
/t/
10 (2.3%)
/ai/
9 (2%)
/ʒ/
9 (2%)
/h/
7 (1.6%)
//
7 (1.6%)
/p/
7 (1.6%)
//
7 (1.6%)
/v/
5 (1.1%)
/g/
4 (0.9%)
//
4 (0.9%)
/θ/
3 (0.7%)
/ŋ/
3 (0.7%)
/ʃ/
3 (0.7%)
/f/
3 (0.7%)
/ei/
3 (0.7%)