Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)