Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

16 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɾ
·
·
Fricative
·
f
θ
s
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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} _ V

Phoneme 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%)
//
16 (3.1%)
/p/
10 (1.9%)
/o/
9 (1.7%)
/h/
7 (1.3%)
/g/
6 (1.1%)
//
6 (1.1%)
//
5 (1%)
//
5 (1%)
/θ/
1 (0.2%)