Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 12 transcribed dictionary entries (31 total tokens)
/a/
6 (19.4%)
/s/
5 (16.1%)
/ɛ/
4 (12.9%)
/oʊ/
4 (12.9%)
/k/
3 (9.7%)
/n/
2 (6.5%)
/v/
1 (3.2%)
/u/
1 (3.2%)
/l/
1 (3.2%)
/ʃ/
1 (3.2%)
/i/
1 (3.2%)
/h/
1 (3.2%)
/w/
1 (3.2%)