Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | t | · | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | w | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Distribution of phonemes across 164 transcribed dictionary entries (700 total tokens)