Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | d | · | c | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | z | ʃ | · | x | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪʏ | · | · |
| Close-mid | eø | ɵ | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 2 transcribed dictionary entries (8 total tokens)
/ɵ/
2 (25%)
/ae/
2 (25%)
/n/
1 (12.5%)
/e/
1 (12.5%)
/m/
1 (12.5%)
/i/
1 (12.5%)