Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
12 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | ɹ | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (36 total tokens)
/ɪ/
4 (11.1%)
/i/
4 (11.1%)
/h/
3 (8.3%)
/ð/
3 (8.3%)
/ɹ/
3 (8.3%)
/t/
2 (5.6%)
/m/
2 (5.6%)
/eɪ/
2 (5.6%)
/w/
2 (5.6%)
/ə/
2 (5.6%)
/s/
2 (5.6%)
/ʃ/
1 (2.8%)
/j/
1 (2.8%)
/u/
1 (2.8%)
/z/
1 (2.8%)
/ɛ/
1 (2.8%)
/æ/
1 (2.8%)
/ʌ/
1 (2.8%)