Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
11 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | t | c | ɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | ɺ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | · | · | · | x | h | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(c)(v)(v)(c) cvccvcPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (40 total tokens)
/o/
20 (50%)
/Nɡ/
3 (7.5%)
/tɔ/
3 (7.5%)
/xi/
2 (5%)
/æ/
2 (5%)
/i̋/
2 (5%)
/bi/
2 (5%)
/mi/
2 (5%)
/ni/
2 (5%)
/ⱱ/
1 (2.5%)
/ɺʰ/
1 (2.5%)