Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | td | · | · | kg | q | · | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | · | ɴ | · | · | |||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | · | r | · | · | · | · | ʜ | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɫ | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | eø | · | · |
| Mid | · | · | o̞ |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CVC,CV,CVCVPhonological Rules
Final devoicing voiced consonants become voiceless word-finally /d/ → [t] / __# Nasal assimilation /n/ changes to match the following consonant /n+k/ → [ŋk] Intervocalic voicing voiceless consonants become voiced between vowels /t/ → [d] / V_V Palatalization consonants become “softer” before /i/ or /j/ /k/ → [kʲ] / __i Vowel harmony suffix vowels adjust to the root's vowels Turkish-style Vowel reduction unstressed vowels become weaker /a/ → [ə] when unstressed Consonant deletion awkward consonants disappear in certain clusters /ntk/ → [nk] Epenthesis a vowel gets inserted to break difficult clusters /str/ → [sətər]
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 2 transcribed dictionary entries (3 total tokens)
/e/
1 (33.3%)
/ɴ/
1 (33.3%)
/iː/
1 (33.3%)