Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)VPhonological Rules
/d/ -> [t] / _V /s/ -> [z] / _V
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 46 transcribed dictionary entries (127 total tokens)
/a/
21 (16.5%)
/e/
16 (12.6%)
/i/
12 (9.4%)
/t/
12 (9.4%)
/h/
9 (7.1%)
/s/
8 (6.3%)
/n/
8 (6.3%)
/o/
8 (6.3%)
/d/
6 (4.7%)
/r/
5 (3.9%)
/k/
5 (3.9%)
/j/
4 (3.1%)
/m/
3 (2.4%)
/f/
3 (2.4%)
/l/
3 (2.4%)
/g/
2 (1.6%)
/p/
1 (0.8%)
/u/
1 (0.8%)