Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
cɟ
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
ɲ
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
çʝ
·
h
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
··
Close-mid
e
··
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid··
ɔ
Near-open·
ɐ
·
Open
ɶ
··

Syllable Structure

(C)V(V)(C)(V)

Phonological Rules

/i/ -> [ʝ] / _V
/i/ -> [ʝe] / e_
/i/ -> [ʝɔ] / o_
/i/ -> [ʝɐ] / a_

/y/ -> [w] / _V
/y/ -> [we] / e_
/y/ -> [wɔ] / o_
/y/ -> [wɐ] / a_

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (32 total tokens)

/ɐ/
6 (18.8%)
/e/
4 (12.5%)
/ɔ/
4 (12.5%)
/t/
3 (9.4%)
/l/
3 (9.4%)
/p/
2 (6.3%)
/n/
2 (6.3%)
/s/
2 (6.3%)
/b/
1 (3.1%)
/r/
1 (3.1%)
/k/
1 (3.1%)
/ɹ/
1 (3.1%)
/c/
1 (3.1%)
/ɟ/
1 (3.1%)