Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | ʃʒ | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 44 transcribed dictionary entries (150 total tokens)
/i/
20 (13.3%)
/oʊ/
19 (12.7%)
/ɑ/
15 (10%)
/m/
12 (8%)
/v/
10 (6.7%)
/ə/
10 (6.7%)
/f/
10 (6.7%)
/n/
9 (6%)
/k/
7 (4.7%)
/t/
6 (4%)
/ʒ/
5 (3.3%)
/r/
5 (3.3%)
/u/
5 (3.3%)
/s/
4 (2.7%)
/l/
3 (2%)
/θ/
3 (2%)
/p/
2 (1.3%)
/z/
2 (1.3%)
/d/
1 (0.7%)
/ʊ/
1 (0.7%)
/g/
1 (0.7%)