Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
ɟ
k
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
fv
sz
ɕ
·
x
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)(C)(V)(V)(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 3 transcribed dictionary entries (11 total tokens)

/r/
2 (18.2%)
/n/
2 (18.2%)
/a/
2 (18.2%)
/t/
1 (9.1%)
//
1 (9.1%)
/m/
1 (9.1%)
/k/
1 (9.1%)
//
1 (9.1%)