Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

CV(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 264 transcribed dictionary entries (1,260 total tokens)

/a/
139 (11%)
/e/
105 (8.3%)
/n/
96 (7.6%)
/t/
86 (6.8%)
/k/
82 (6.5%)
/o/
68 (5.4%)
//
59 (4.7%)
/i/
57 (4.5%)
/ʒ/
48 (3.8%)
/u/
47 (3.7%)
/s/
46 (3.7%)
/d/
44 (3.5%)
/r/
41 (3.3%)
//
38 (3%)
/g/
37 (2.9%)
/m/
36 (2.9%)
/p/
25 (2%)
/ʃ/
22 (1.7%)
/v/
19 (1.5%)
/θ/
18 (1.4%)
//
17 (1.3%)
//
16 (1.3%)
/l/
16 (1.3%)
//
14 (1.1%)
/h/
14 (1.1%)
/f/
14 (1.1%)
/b/
13 (1%)
/ð/
13 (1%)
/z/
9 (0.7%)
/w/
9 (0.7%)