Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | s | ʃʒ | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | ɹ | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | ɯu |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 10 transcribed dictionary entries (24 total tokens)
/n/
4 (16.7%)
/i/
4 (16.7%)
/m/
3 (12.5%)
/e/
2 (8.3%)
/o/
2 (8.3%)
/u/
2 (8.3%)
/a/
2 (8.3%)
/ɛ/
1 (4.2%)
/ŋ/
1 (4.2%)
/tt/
1 (4.2%)
/ʌ/
1 (4.2%)
/ɯ/
1 (4.2%)