Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | q | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | ts | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 159 transcribed dictionary entries (705 total tokens)
/a/
81 (11.5%)
/e/
46 (6.5%)
/u/
35 (5%)
/t/
31 (4.4%)
/ʒ/
31 (4.4%)
/i/
29 (4.1%)
/k/
27 (3.8%)
/ã/
26 (3.7%)
/g/
26 (3.7%)
/o/
25 (3.5%)
/m/
25 (3.5%)
/aː/
25 (3.5%)
/r/
23 (3.3%)
/d/
23 (3.3%)
/n/
23 (3.3%)
/s/
20 (2.8%)
/v/
19 (2.7%)
/ts/
19 (2.7%)
/eː/
16 (2.3%)
/b/
16 (2.3%)
/l/
16 (2.3%)
/tʰ/
15 (2.1%)
/q/
11 (1.6%)
/p/
10 (1.4%)
/f/
10 (1.4%)
/uː/
10 (1.4%)
/iː/
9 (1.3%)
/kʰ/
9 (1.3%)
/ẽ/
9 (1.3%)
/õ/
9 (1.3%)