Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
9 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kɡ
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃ
ç
·
h
Affricate
·
·
ts
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
j
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Close-mid
ø
ɘ
o
Mid
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (42 total tokens)

/d/
5 (11.9%)
/v/
5 (11.9%)
/ə/
5 (11.9%)
/i/
4 (9.5%)
/u/
3 (7.1%)
/n/
3 (7.1%)
/t/
3 (7.1%)
/m/
2 (4.8%)
/ɹ/
2 (4.8%)
/z/
2 (4.8%)
/l/
2 (4.8%)
/p/
2 (4.8%)
/ɛ/
1 (2.4%)
/ts/
1 (2.4%)
/k/
1 (2.4%)
/ɘ/
1 (2.4%)