Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | td | · | kg | · | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | · | ʃʒ | · | χʁ | hɦ | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | tsdz | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | ɯ |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 12 transcribed dictionary entries (46 total tokens)
/n/
4 (8.7%)
/ɑ/
4 (8.7%)
/k/
3 (6.5%)
/ɹɛ/
3 (6.5%)
/ɣ/
3 (6.5%)
/ɪ/
3 (6.5%)
/ə/
3 (6.5%)
/m̥/
2 (4.3%)
/d/
2 (4.3%)
/ʒ/
2 (4.3%)
/ɯ/
2 (4.3%)
/f/
2 (4.3%)
/ʃ/
2 (4.3%)
/h/
2 (4.3%)
/x/
1 (2.2%)
/g/
1 (2.2%)
/ɦ/
1 (2.2%)
/v/
1 (2.2%)
/t/
1 (2.2%)
/n̥/
1 (2.2%)
/ɹɑ/
1 (2.2%)
/ɹɯ/
1 (2.2%)
/m/
1 (2.2%)