Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
2 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 21 transcribed dictionary entries (82 total tokens)
/ae/
33 (40.2%)
/ge/
12 (14.6%)
/ej/
9 (11%)
/g/
7 (8.5%)
/je/
7 (8.5%)
/ow/
5 (6.1%)
/se/
5 (6.1%)
/nh/
4 (4.9%)