Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

30 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
cɟ
kɡ
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ɲ
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ɕʒ
ç
xɣ
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬ
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
j
ɰ
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪʏ
··
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 2 transcribed dictionary entries (18 total tokens)

/a/
3 (16.7%)
/n/
3 (16.7%)
/r/
2 (11.1%)
/i/
2 (11.1%)
/f/
2 (11.1%)
/v/
1 (5.6%)
/ɣ/
1 (5.6%)
/k/
1 (5.6%)
/x/
1 (5.6%)
/ɪ/
1 (5.6%)
/u/
1 (5.6%)