Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

9 consonants
2 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
b
·
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
s
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
j
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)