Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʒ
·
h
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close··
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ʌ
Open
a
·
ɑ

Syllable Structure

(C)CV(C)(V)(C)

Phonological Rules

/s/ → [z] / V_V
/f/ → [v] / V_V

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 37 transcribed dictionary entries (109 total tokens)

/n/
12 (11%)
/ɛ/
10 (9.2%)
/d/
8 (7.3%)
/u/
8 (7.3%)
/e/
8 (7.3%)
/t/
7 (6.4%)
/ɹ/
6 (5.5%)
/a/
6 (5.5%)
/s/
6 (5.5%)
/g/
5 (4.6%)
/l/
4 (3.7%)
/ɑ/
4 (3.7%)
/w/
4 (3.7%)
/o/
4 (3.7%)
/h/
3 (2.8%)
/v/
3 (2.8%)
/b/
3 (2.8%)
/f/
2 (1.8%)
/k/
1 (0.9%)
/ʌ/
1 (0.9%)
/ʒ/
1 (0.9%)
/m/
1 (0.9%)
//
1 (0.9%)
/z/
1 (0.9%)