Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 25 transcribed dictionary entries (84 total tokens)
/k/
13 (15.5%)
/o/
11 (13.1%)
/e/
10 (11.9%)
/l/
6 (7.1%)
/a/
5 (6%)
/v/
5 (6%)
/t/
5 (6%)
/h/
4 (4.8%)
/r/
3 (3.6%)
/ks/
3 (3.6%)
/i/
3 (3.6%)
/y/
2 (2.4%)
/z/
2 (2.4%)
/n/
2 (2.4%)
/s/
2 (2.4%)
/f/
2 (2.4%)
/u/
1 (1.2%)
/uh/
1 (1.2%)
/g/
1 (1.2%)
/p/
1 (1.2%)
/j/
1 (1.2%)
/ng/
1 (1.2%)