Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 9 transcribed dictionary entries (26 total tokens)

/k/
5 (19.2%)
/a/
3 (11.5%)
/ɾ/
3 (11.5%)
/o/
3 (11.5%)
/m/
2 (7.7%)
/n/
2 (7.7%)
/ʒ/
1 (3.8%)
/e/
1 (3.8%)
/g/
1 (3.8%)
/b/
1 (3.8%)
/u/
1 (3.8%)
/v/
1 (3.8%)
/i/
1 (3.8%)
/p/
1 (3.8%)