Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ʜ | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɫ | · | ʎ | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | ɯu |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Distribution of phonemes across 1820 transcribed dictionary entries (11,262 total tokens)