Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | k | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | χ | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 30 transcribed dictionary entries (111 total tokens)
/e/
19 (17.1%)
/i/
13 (11.7%)
/n/
10 (9%)
/o/
8 (7.2%)
/ɑ/
7 (6.3%)
/s/
6 (5.4%)
/k/
6 (5.4%)
/l/
5 (4.5%)
/t/
5 (4.5%)
/ɹ/
5 (4.5%)
/v/
4 (3.6%)
/j/
3 (2.7%)
/d/
3 (2.7%)
/m/
2 (1.8%)
/z/
2 (1.8%)
/ū/
2 (1.8%)
/f/
2 (1.8%)
/u/
2 (1.8%)
/ks/
1 (0.9%)
/zː/
1 (0.9%)
/qw/
1 (0.9%)
/ɜ/
1 (0.9%)
/h/
1 (0.9%)
/χ/
1 (0.9%)
/w/
1 (0.9%)