Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | t | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 22 transcribed dictionary entries (65 total tokens)
/e/
11 (16.9%)
/n/
10 (15.4%)
/o/
7 (10.8%)
/i/
6 (9.2%)
/l/
6 (9.2%)
/s/
6 (9.2%)
/m/
5 (7.7%)
/a/
5 (7.7%)
/u/
3 (4.6%)
/t/
2 (3.1%)
/k/
2 (3.1%)
/f/
1 (1.5%)
/v/
1 (1.5%)