Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | θ | s | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/n/ → [ŋ] / _c, _g
/e/ → [ɛ] / _r
/o/ → [ɔ] / _r
p → b / {r, l} _ V
t → d / {r, l} _ V
c → g / {r, l} _ VPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 95 transcribed dictionary entries (523 total tokens)
/a/
86 (16.4%)
/r/
61 (11.7%)
/n/
45 (8.6%)
/t/
44 (8.4%)
/s/
42 (8%)
/k/
40 (7.6%)
/e/
29 (5.5%)
/u/
29 (5.5%)
/l/
23 (4.4%)
/m/
23 (4.4%)
/i/
20 (3.8%)
/d/
16 (3.1%)
/oː/
16 (3.1%)
/p/
10 (1.9%)
/o/
9 (1.7%)
/h/
7 (1.3%)
/g/
6 (1.1%)
/eː/
6 (1.1%)
/uː/
5 (1%)
/aː/
5 (1%)
/θ/
1 (0.2%)