Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | k | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | xɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ʏ | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | ɔ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/g/ -> [ɣ]/ V_V /g/ -> [ɣ]/ #_ /tɾ/ -> [tʀ]/ _V /dɾ/ -> [dʀ]/ _V V -> V:/ VC=C
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 58 transcribed dictionary entries (240 total tokens)
/ɐ/
27 (11.3%)
/ɾ/
26 (10.8%)
/n/
18 (7.5%)
/e/
16 (6.7%)
/k/
16 (6.7%)
/o/
14 (5.8%)
/b/
13 (5.4%)
/a/
13 (5.4%)
/d/
11 (4.6%)
/m/
10 (4.2%)
/t/
9 (3.8%)
/u/
7 (2.9%)
/j/
7 (2.9%)
/ɔ/
6 (2.5%)
/ʒ/
6 (2.5%)
/i/
6 (2.5%)
/v/
5 (2.1%)
/l/
5 (2.1%)
/s/
5 (2.1%)
/w/
4 (1.7%)
/x/
4 (1.7%)
/ɜ/
3 (1.3%)
/p/
2 (0.8%)
/ks/
2 (0.8%)
/ʃ/
2 (0.8%)
/f/
2 (0.8%)
/ɣ/
1 (0.4%)