Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
15 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ʉ | · |
| Near-close | ɪʏ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | ɵ | o |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 7 transcribed dictionary entries (24 total tokens)
/t/
4 (16.7%)
/eː/
3 (12.5%)
/h/
2 (8.3%)
/f/
2 (8.3%)
/a/
2 (8.3%)
/l/
2 (8.3%)
/oː/
2 (8.3%)
/r/
2 (8.3%)
/j/
1 (4.2%)
/m/
1 (4.2%)
/yː/
1 (4.2%)
/ɛ/
1 (4.2%)
/v/
1 (4.2%)