Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
12 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θ
sz
ʃʒ
·
x
h
Approximant
·
·
·
ɹ
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 40 transcribed dictionary entries (143 total tokens)

/a/
13 (9.1%)
/ɛ/
13 (9.1%)
/m/
12 (8.4%)
/n/
12 (8.4%)
/ɹ/
11 (7.7%)
/e/
11 (7.7%)
/ɪ/
8 (5.6%)
/d/
7 (4.9%)
/s/
6 (4.2%)
/k/
5 (3.5%)
/l/
5 (3.5%)
/i/
5 (3.5%)
/t/
5 (3.5%)
/j/
3 (2.1%)
/ø/
3 (2.1%)
/g/
2 (1.4%)
/u/
2 (1.4%)
/f/
2 (1.4%)
/p/
2 (1.4%)
/v/
2 (1.4%)
/h/
2 (1.4%)
/ʃ/
2 (1.4%)
/y/
2 (1.4%)
//
1 (0.7%)
/ɔɪ/
1 (0.7%)
/x/
1 (0.7%)
//
1 (0.7%)
/z/
1 (0.7%)
//
1 (0.7%)
/θ/
1 (0.7%)