Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
20 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | ɥ | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | ɤo |
| Mid | e̞ø̞ | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | ɜ | ʌɔ |
| Open | a | ä | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 28 transcribed dictionary entries (150 total tokens)
/r/
32 (21.3%)
/ə/
16 (10.7%)
/i/
16 (10.7%)
/p/
11 (7.3%)
/ø/
10 (6.7%)
/s/
10 (6.7%)
/t/
9 (6%)
/o/
6 (4%)
/v/
6 (4%)
/a/
6 (4%)
/f/
5 (3.3%)
/ks/
3 (2%)
/l/
3 (2%)
/œ/
3 (2%)
/y/
3 (2%)
/n/
2 (1.3%)
/g/
2 (1.3%)
/u/
2 (1.3%)
/j/
2 (1.3%)
/z/
1 (0.7%)
/d/
1 (0.7%)
/ɛ/
1 (0.7%)