Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | kg | · | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | s | · | · | ʁ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Near-close | ʏ | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | œ | · | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 82 transcribed dictionary entries (412 total tokens)
/ɑ/
55 (13.3%)
/ʁ/
40 (9.7%)
/n/
39 (9.5%)
/s/
27 (6.6%)
/l/
26 (6.3%)
/k/
23 (5.6%)
/d/
19 (4.6%)
/j/
19 (4.6%)
/t/
19 (4.6%)
/g/
15 (3.6%)
/i/
14 (3.4%)
/e/
14 (3.4%)
/u/
12 (2.9%)
/o/
11 (2.7%)
/æ/
11 (2.7%)
/f/
11 (2.7%)
/v/
9 (2.2%)
/ʉ/
8 (1.9%)
/m/
8 (1.9%)
/h/
8 (1.9%)
/ʏ/
6 (1.5%)
/p/
5 (1.2%)
/θ/
4 (1%)
/ð/
4 (1%)
/œ/
3 (0.7%)
/b/
2 (0.5%)