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Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
v
sz
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)
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