Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | s | ʃ | · | h | |||||
| Affricate | · | · | tʃ | · | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phonological Rules
h → ˧˩˦ / V_#
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 109 transcribed dictionary entries (541 total tokens)
/a/
64 (11.8%)
/i/
61 (11.3%)
/u/
44 (8.1%)
/m/
40 (7.4%)
/t/
38 (7%)
/l/
37 (6.8%)
/n/
36 (6.7%)
/o/
30 (5.5%)
/k/
29 (5.4%)
/ə/
23 (4.3%)
/s/
22 (4.1%)
/h/
21 (3.9%)
/b/
21 (3.9%)
/e/
19 (3.5%)
/ʃ/
17 (3.1%)
/g/
14 (2.6%)
/p/
12 (2.2%)
/d/
9 (1.7%)
/ɔ/
4 (0.7%)