Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | v | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | ɯu |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 115 transcribed dictionary entries (663 total tokens)
/ɑ/
123 (18.6%)
/i/
66 (10%)
/o/
53 (8%)
/m/
52 (7.8%)
/l/
45 (6.8%)
/t/
44 (6.6%)
/ɯ/
43 (6.5%)
/k/
37 (5.6%)
/e/
34 (5.1%)
/n/
33 (5%)
/s/
30 (4.5%)
/h/
16 (2.4%)
/iː/
16 (2.4%)
/ɾ/
16 (2.4%)
/v/
14 (2.1%)
/ɸ/
13 (2%)
/d/
10 (1.5%)
/p/
6 (0.9%)
/j/
3 (0.5%)
/b/
3 (0.5%)
/g/
2 (0.3%)
/w/
2 (0.3%)
/uː/
1 (0.2%)
/oː/
1 (0.2%)