Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ɕʒ | ʂ | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 56 transcribed dictionary entries (159 total tokens)
/n/
13 (8.2%)
/a˥/
12 (7.5%)
/a/
12 (7.5%)
/i˥/
10 (6.3%)
/d/
10 (6.3%)
/h/
9 (5.7%)
/u˥/
7 (4.4%)
/ŋ/
7 (4.4%)
/i/
7 (4.4%)
/b/
6 (3.8%)
/ʃ/
6 (3.8%)
/a˨/
6 (3.8%)
/o/
5 (3.1%)
/u˨/
5 (3.1%)
/o˥/
5 (3.1%)
/m/
4 (2.5%)
/k/
4 (2.5%)
/e˨/
4 (2.5%)
/s/
4 (2.5%)
/tʰ/
3 (1.9%)
/u/
3 (1.9%)
/l/
3 (1.9%)
/w/
2 (1.3%)
/ɛ˥/
2 (1.3%)
/i˨/
2 (1.3%)
/g/
2 (1.3%)
/ɛ/
2 (1.3%)
/z/
2 (1.3%)
/pʰ/
1 (0.6%)
/ʂ/
1 (0.6%)