Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
18 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | c | k | q | · | · | |||||||||
| Nasal | · | ɱ | · | · | ɲ | · | ɴ | · | · | |||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | · | ʝ | ɣ | · | ħ | ɦ | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | ɭ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨʉ | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Mid | e̞ | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | ɜ | · |
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | ä | ɑɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 51 transcribed dictionary entries (234 total tokens)
/ɑ/
21 (9%)
/ɾ/
19 (8.1%)
/ɴ/
16 (6.8%)
/o/
15 (6.4%)
/ī/
15 (6.4%)
/t̤/
14 (6%)
/s/
11 (4.7%)
/ɣ/
10 (4.3%)
/e̞/
9 (3.8%)
/kq/
9 (3.8%)
/e/
9 (3.8%)
/ɱ/
9 (3.8%)
/p/
9 (3.8%)
/f/
7 (3%)
/ɜ/
7 (3%)
/ɭ/
6 (2.6%)
/ɨ/
6 (2.6%)
/b/
5 (2.1%)
/d/
4 (1.7%)
/ä/
4 (1.7%)
/a᷅/
4 (1.7%)
/z/
4 (1.7%)
/c/
4 (1.7%)
/œ/
3 (1.3%)
/u̩/
2 (0.9%)
/ⱱ/
2 (0.9%)
/é/
2 (0.9%)
/ʝ˞/
2 (0.9%)
/ʊ/
1 (0.4%)
/ɒ/
1 (0.4%)