Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | k | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | dz | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɫ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | ø | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
VC,CV,VCV,(C)VCV,(V)VCVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 126 transcribed dictionary entries (736 total tokens)
/ɑ/
95 (12.9%)
/ɛ/
72 (9.8%)
/ɫ/
67 (9.1%)
/ɪ/
65 (8.8%)
/s/
57 (7.7%)
/ø/
48 (6.5%)
/n/
47 (6.4%)
/r/
47 (6.4%)
/u/
44 (6%)
/t/
44 (6%)
/c/
28 (3.8%)
/æ/
24 (3.3%)
/m/
17 (2.3%)
/p/
16 (2.2%)
/h/
14 (1.9%)
/v/
12 (1.6%)
/d/
9 (1.2%)
/dz/
8 (1.1%)
/ŋ/
6 (0.8%)
/f/
4 (0.5%)
/b/
4 (0.5%)
/q/
2 (0.3%)
/k/
2 (0.3%)
/j/
2 (0.3%)
/ui/
1 (0.1%)
/ks/
1 (0.1%)